Beschreibung:

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.