Jat Woman's Dress
Cleveland Museum of Art

Jat Woman's Dress

1800s

silk embellished with mirror work and embroidered with silk in open-chain, stem, basket, and running stitch
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Pieces of mirror, called <em>abhla</em> in Hindi or <em>shisha</em> in Persian, were favorite embellishments to embroideries and accessories in western India and Afghanistan.

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