Velvet Jacket (angarakha)

Short jacket of cut velvet with long sleeves, two front pockets and a front overflap closing to the left. The yoke (or dickey) made of the same material.The material is gold thread ground with a supplementary silk warp and silk cut velvet.  It is edged with a wide silver brocade floral ribbon which is further edged with narrower ribbons, brocaded and braided. The bright yellow silk lining is edged with bright green. India, late 18th-early 19th C.