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The sari is a
draped textile worn by women throughout South Asia. Different
drapery styles, patterns, and colors traditionally indicate the
wearer’s social class and ethnicity.
These saris were 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. These particular saris were made in India, but Princess Niloufer also commissioned saris from French designers such as Jeanne Lanvin. 
November 27, 2007 -
May 7, 2008
Her Highness,
Princess Niloufer of Hyderabad, c.1946, gift of Evelyn Pope
in memory of Edward J. Pope
Saris, Circa 1946,
India, Gifts of Mr. Edward Pope, 92.132.18 and 92.132.26,
photograph by Irving Solero
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