Dress, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation, Long dress of heavy white cotton, straight sleeve, body flares slightly at hem as long, wedge-shaped pieces are sewn in from under arm to hem. Ornamented at the hem with a deep border of embroidery in black, brown, olive green and red. Design is highly stylized: at bottom, solidly worked from 6 3/4 inches in narrow bands of zigzag patterns; above, an arrangement of pillar-like forms and stylized plants, with a plant at the top of each pillar, so that the whole suggests a wall.

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Size: 5800px × 6000px
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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