trousers
date: label: date made
content: 1986
notes: label: Description
content: Handmade unlined, traditional, dark red, decorated East indian woman's trousers worn as part of wedding outfit. Proper left side slit opening 5" deep w/one metal hook & eye; drawstring waist made by folding red fabric over top and stitching down. Drawstring of white cotton tape. Top 6" of trousers plain fabric; to this top piece the loose-fitting trousers are attached with gathers. Eleven inches down begins tree of life gold decoration with 2 styles of green flowers incorporated. Decoration extends to 3" from bottom of un-cuffed trousers. Attached 0.5" up from pant bottom is a 2.5" W decorative trim of gold colored threads and beads forming green flowers on golden curving stems. Pant legs become increasingly narrower from knees downward. Cuff opening (laid flat) is 6".
label: Description
content: Mac and Bubbly Duggal were married in New Delhi, India in 1986. The gown was designed by Bubbly using the traditional Indian body silhouette and pattern but the heavy gold embroidery pattern and thread along with the vibrant color combinations were selected by Bubbly. This dress was worn the day following the wedding when Bubbly was presented to family and friends of the House of Duggal, a customary Indian celebration. An oral history was conducted with the donor on April 6, 2016. An unedited transcript of this oral history is available for scholarly research through the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History. The collection is "Family of Voices Oral History Project," collection number AC 1365.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: India
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian
label: Subject
content: Weddings, Second Day
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Manmohan Singh Duggal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0386.10
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0386.10
label: accession number
content: 2016.0386
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trousers, wedding
label: Object Name
content: trousers
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Trousers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall inseam: 31 in; 78.74 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall center back: 38 1/2 in; 97.79 cm