Cloth: cotton; cotton appliqué and embroideryexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; purchase from the Thomas Murray Collectionexpand_more 2019.20.6
Chikarkarpe robes are made of embellished trade cotton. First they are decorated with appliquéd dyed cotton, and then they are embroidered with intricate, yet open, linear designs. Approaches differed from one region to another based on individual and popular tastes and the availability of materials.
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