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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.322
Title
Blue Coat with Floral Motifs
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
costume
Date
mid 18th-early 19th century
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192087

Physical Descriptions

Medium
silk and metal thread on blue silk satin ground, patterned with floating wefts, stamped (main textile)
Dimensions
88 x 165.5 cm (34 5/8 x 65 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of Margaret F. Schroeder
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.322
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The careful composition of this coat belies that it is constructed from a number of different fabrics. The main textile is a blue silk satin ground weave featuring delicate flowers in rows of alternating direction. The primary border features another complex weave, patterned with other colorful flowers and white birds. Smaller bands composed of black cotton, printed cotton known as qalamkari, and salmon-colored silk round out this magnificent coat.

Paintings from the late Safavid to Qajar periods show women in courtly settings wearing such delicate, outer-garments. This coat could have been worn in such a context and would certainly have been layered over other richly patterned dress textiles.

Verification Level

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