Medium: Pink silk chiffon and paillettes

Date: 1940s

Country: India

Credit: Gift of Mr. Edward Pope

The sari is a draped textile worn by women throughout South Asia. This sari was worn by Princess Niloufer Farhat Begum Saheba of Hyderabad (1916-1989). As the consort of an Indian prince, she was required to wear saris, but having grown up in France, she often commissioned designs that reflected a Western fashion sensibility in their color, motif, and placement of embellishment.

Object Number: 92.132.9A