RIDING COAT
This 17th-century man's coat is one of the finest surviving examples of Mughal dress. It was stitched by professional male embroiderers from Gujarat, using a needle and hook (ari). The cosmopolitan court drew its influences from across Europe and Asia. The landscape derives from Chinese imports. The life-like daffodils and poppies are taken from European prints brought to the Mughal court by missionaries and traders.
Silk (satin weave) embroidered with silk
Probably Gujarat, 1620-5
V&A: IS.18-1947 [03/10/2015-10/01/2016]