Kanjivaram Sari

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

sari (garment)costume

Date

Late 19th century

Medium

Silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk thread; plain weave with supplementary patterning warp and supplementary brocading weft; extended and knotted warp fringe

Dimensions

478.8 × 115.6 cm (188 1/2 × 45 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Jayashree Kommareddi

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