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| Keywords: Burmese upper class couple.jpg en Photograph of a Burmese upper class couple Burma Myanmar probably taken by Philip Adolphe Klier in the 1890s In this full-length studio portrait the man and woman are shown seated on a carved wooden couch Both are dressed in garments fine fabrics and jewels which were reserved for court officials by sumptuary laws during the Konbaung Dynasty 1752-1885 and after the fall of the Burmese monarchy were worn by the wealthy The woman is adorned with jewelled and floral head ornaments necklaces and other jewellery a muslin jacket over a breast cloth and a wrap-around skirt or hta-mein with a dark waistband which is probably made of silk Her husband wears a turban a cotton or muslin jacket and the man ™s lower garment known as a pahso Klier of German origin began as a professional photographer in Moulmein in Lower Burma in 1871 In a few years he had built up a considerable reputation and based himself in Rangoon He took hundreds of photographs mostly for Europeans both as a memoir of their stay in Burma and to feed the great interest in pictures of the country in Europe He was known as a specialist in art photography and his work was published in art books He was interested in portraying images of mosaics woodcarving and other crafts of Burma In fact he later became a dealer in arts and crafts such as silverware and furniture 1895 http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/other/019pho0000088s1u00043000 html Burmese couple of the upper class seated on a wooden couch Philip Adolphe Klier PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard People of Myanmar | ||||
