V&A online catalogue (retrieved 19 December 2016).
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Gold-Embroidered Angarkha
Gold embroidered angarkha, India, mid-19th century.
Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum, acc. no. 5875(IS).
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a young man's (formal) gown, or angarkha, from Lahore, South Asia, and dating to the mid-nineteenth century. The gold and silk thread embroidery has been applied separately to the cotton ground material of the gown.
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