Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection

Choli blouse of dark and light green silk brocade with check quilting stitch of bright red

Title
Choli blouse of dark and light green silk brocade with check quilting stitch of bright red
LC Subject
main garments
Description
Choli blouse of dark and light green silk brocade with check quilting stitch of bright red; panel at bust of gold metallic and orange woven fabric gathered at the center seam; each side has black stitching in the shape of a flower; dark and light green panels have metallic gold brocaded floral motif; three-quarter length sleeves of dark green brocade with striped trim at the ends of metallic gold, green, red and fuchsia; red cotton gusset under arm; hidden pocket below right bust; sides are trimmed with fuchsia silk and green and yellow ribbon band; hits at natural waist; backed in red cotton; ties at back neck and waist.
Provenance
Source of acquisition: Founders
Motif
Floral motifs
Work Type
cholis
Location
India
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
0000.015.023
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Silk Cotton Metallic Threads
Technique
Quilted Brocade Gathering Concealed pocket
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University