Man's Morning Coat (1700–1750): Art, History and Details

Man's Morning Coat (1700–1750) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Much of the Mughals’ wealth derived from the international export of textiles, which became increasingly fashionable throughout Europe and America during the 18th century. This garment was made in India for the aristocratic French market. The floral designs inspired by the southern Indian dyed fabrics known as palampore have been enlivened by labor-intensive gilding and burnishing.

Object facts

• Title: Man's Morning Coat
• Date: 1700–1750
• Culture: India, Mughal
• Type: Garment
• Technique: cotton: tabby weave, resist-dyed (mordant resist and batik); applied gold leaf
• Dimensions: Overall: 142 x 172 cm (55 7/8 x 67 11/16 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1936.443

A detail from the museum

India has a history of exporting textiles that predates the beginning of the Mughal dynasty.

Collection credit

Gift of The Textile Arts Club

Further reading listed by the museum

• Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
• Peck, Amelia, and Amy Elizabeth Bogansky. Interwoven Globe: The Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.

View the collection record

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