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Woman's cloak (chyrpy)

1800s · Cotton; silk: embroidery

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About this work

This yellow silk is richly embroidered in the button-hole stitch. The pattern of this woman's cloak resembles one of the patterns on the so-called Bokhara stripes used for fixing tents. The garment is lined with printed cotton fabric, which seems to be a product of India or Persia, and very crude block-printed cotton fabric with simple allover patterns of red and black dots and circular medallions.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description

Credit lineWoman's cloak (chyrpy), 1800s. Uzbekistan, Bukhara. Cotton; silk: embroidery; overall: 112.4 x 58.4 cm (44 1/4 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1468

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