Hand Embroidered Boy’s Coat

Title
Hand Embroidered Boy’s Coat
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Gujarat, India
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 73 x 111 cm
Accession No.
2015-02155
Collection of

This heavily embellished velvet jacket would have been worn by a boy, from a wealthy Muslim family in Gujarat. The jacket is decorated with fine gold-plated silver thread zardozi embroidery.