Auction 49b Part II - Bibles and Prayer Books, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

Embroidered Woman’s Jacket – Persia

Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
A woman’s jacket. Persia, [turn of 19th-20th century]. Green velvet, gold-thread embroidery. A woman’s jacket for festive occasions, with round neckline and a small pocket on the right side. Fine embroidery on the cuffs of the sleeves, in a geometric pattern. Six decorative circles appear in front. Geometric patterns are embroidered in front of the cloth and on its borders. Length: 60 cm, width: 50 cm. Good condition. Slightly worn. Stains. Missing buttons. See: Shimmering Gold, The Splendor of Gold Embroidered Textiles (Exhibition catalogue, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv, 2007), item no. 32, p. 89.
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