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banyans (main garments, clothing, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Men's loose-skirted wraps worn informally from the 17th to early 19th century; so called from their resemblance to similar garments worn by Banyans, a caste of Hindu merchants. Also refers to women's garments based on the men's banyan. |
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banyans (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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banyans (French,D,PN)
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banyan (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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banyan (Italian-P,D,SN)
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banyan (French-P,AD,SN)
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banians (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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banjans (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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indian nightgowns (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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nightgowns, indian (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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Japonse rokken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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japonse rokken (C,U,Dutch,AD,PN)
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Japonse rok (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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japonse rok (C,U,Dutch,AD,SN)
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Banjans (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Banyan (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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Banian (C,U,German,UF,SN)
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Banians (C,U,German,UF,PN)
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Banjan (C,U,German,UF,SN)
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Banyans (C,U,German,UF,PN)
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banjani (C,U,Serbian,D,PN)
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banjan (C,U,Serbian-P,AD,SN)
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banyanes (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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banyán (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TE |
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........ Costume (hierarchy name) (G) |
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.................... main garments (G) |
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........................ banyans (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Losvallende, tot de enkel reikende herengewaden, die informeel werden gedragen van de 17e tot begin 19e eeuw, oorspronkelijk naar het model van de Japanse kimono, maar later ook verzamelnaam voor soortgelijke, doch minder op de kimono gelijkende, gewaden. |
German ..... Locker umgehender Überwurf für Männer, zwanglos vom 17. bis Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts getragen; benannt nach ihrer Ähnlichkeit mit einem ähnlichen Kleidungsstück, das von den Banyans, einer Kaste der hinduistischen Händlern, getragen wurde. |
Spanish ..... Capa masculina de faldones sueltos que se llevaba informalmente desde el siglo XVII hasta los inicios del siglo XIX; llamada así por su semejanza con la vestimenta similar que llevaban los Banyaras, una casta de mercaderes hidúes. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[EFHA, VP Preferred] |
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Cunnington et al., Dictionary of English Costume (1965) |
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European Fashion Heritage Association database (2015-) 10004 |
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Freshman, LACMA, Elegant Art (1983) GLOS |
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Ginsberg et al., 400 Years of Fashion (1984) GLOS |
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Livandi, Thesaurus of Clothing and Textile Terms, Personal Artifacts (1990) |
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs database (2018-) |
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National Museum of American History, Dictionary of Costume (n.d.) |
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Picken, Fashion Dictionary (1957) |
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Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987) |
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Waffen- und Kostümkunde (1897-) illustration, Vol. 2, "Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume" - ICOM International Committee. |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) |
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