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Shalvar

Title	Shalvar
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Albania (made) -
Subject	Clothing
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 105cm, At waist circumference: 71cm, Bottom width: 135cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	ME.3-2007
Record ID	ME.3-2007
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Shalvar are loose trousers gathered at the waist and ankles. They can be worn by both men and women, but the extreme bagginess of this pair suggests they were made for a man. They are decorated using a type of embroidery called couching: a thick gold thread is laid on the surface of the fabric in a scrolling pattern, and held in place using small stitches. These trousers were owned by the journalist, travel writer and imaginative historian Lesley Blanch (1904-2007), who called herself "a romantic traveller". She is shown wearing them in a portrait painted by the French writer Louise de Vilmorin in 1945.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silk, with metal thread embroidery and applied brocade, lined in cotton Silk (Textile) Brocade Gold Thread Silver Thread Cotton (Textile) Couching (Embroidering) AppliquÃ© Hand Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Very loose red silk trousers, gathered at the waist and tightly fitted at the ankles, fully lined in white cotton. Decorated with couched gilt embroidery, applied strips of brocade ribbon, and cord embroidered with silver thread. Finished at the waistband with cotton tape, and fastened with hooks and eyes at one side of the waist.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Shalvar

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Albania (made) -

Subject Clothing

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 105cm, At waist circumference: 71cm, Bottom width: 135cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID ME.3-2007

Record ID ME.3-2007

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Shalvar are loose trousers gathered at the waist and ankles. They can be worn by both men and women, but the extreme bagginess of this pair suggests they were made for a man. They are decorated using a type of embroidery called couching: a thick gold thread is laid on the surface of the fabric in a scrolling pattern, and held in place using small stitches. These trousers were owned by the journalist, travel writer and imaginative historian Lesley Blanch (1904-2007), who called herself "a romantic traveller". She is shown wearing them in a portrait painted by the French writer Louise de Vilmorin in 1945.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silk, with metal thread embroidery and applied brocade, lined in cotton Silk (Textile) Brocade Gold Thread Silver Thread Cotton (Textile) Couching (Embroidering) AppliquÃ© Hand Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Very loose red silk trousers, gathered at the waist and tightly fitted at the ankles, fully lined in white cotton. Decorated with couched gilt embroidery, applied strips of brocade ribbon, and cord embroidered with silver thread. Finished at the waistband with cotton tape, and fastened with hooks and eyes at one side of the waist.

Üslup Ottoman