Coat
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Hand-sewn coat made of two lengths of cloth horizontally stitched together around the middle with unshaped rectangular pieces attached to the slits for sleeves, which hang from the middle of the arm. A small collar band is attached to the back of the neck. Colors are dark red, gold and dark yellow in a pattern of stripes with chevrons running between. The upper part of the garment has a shaped design of geometrical and floral units. Coat is lined and narrow braid covers all outside seams.
place: label: made in
content: Syria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-30-3
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Coat
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, linen, metallic thread Technique: slit tapestry woven
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 91.7 × 71 cm (36 1/8 × 27 15/16 in.)