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Traditional costumes in central Asia have distinctive characteristics that indicate ethnicity, age, and class. One of the oldest examples is a woman’s coat with false sleeves attached on the back and worn over the head. This silk coat in yellow, the color worn by middle-aged women, is elaborately decorated with popular stylized tulips embroidered in chain stitch. Worn consistently by a newlywed, the coat was later only used on special occasions. Although women made and embroidered garments at home, this expensive luxury mantle was professionally made and sold in the marketplace.
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Woman’s Mantle (Chyrpy)
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168369
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Woman’s Mantle (Chyrpy)
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Traditional costumes in central Asia have distinctive characteristics that indicate ethnicity, age, and class. One of the oldest examples is a woman’s coat with false sleeves attached on the back and worn over the head. This silk coat in yellow, the color worn by middle-aged women, is elaborately decorated with popular stylized tulips embroidered in chain stitch. Worn consistently by a newlywed, the coat was later only used on special occasions. Although women made and embroidered garments at home, this expensive luxury mantle was professionally made and sold in the marketplace.
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late 1800s–early 1900s
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Q80074153
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Overall: 119.4 x 75 cm (47 x 29 1/2 in.)
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Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Tekke tribe
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2010.192
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Exterior: silk; plain weave; embroidery: chain stitch; Trim: silk; tablet-woven with fringe; Lining: cotton; plain weave, block printed
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Woman’s Mantle (Chyrpy), late 1800s–early 1900s. Central Asia, Turkmenistan, Tekke tribe. Exterior: silk; plain weave; embroidery: chain stitch; Trim: silk; tablet-woven with fringe; Lining: cotton; plain weave, block printed; overall: 119.4 x 75 cm (47 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of E.B. and Joan C. Long, 2010.192
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Textiles
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Gluck, Jay, and Sumi Hiramoto Gluck. <em>A Survey of Persian Handicraft: A Pictorial Introduction to the Contemporary Folk Arts and Art Crafts of Modern Iran</em>. Tehran: Published under the auspices of the Bank Melli Iran [by] Survey of Persian Art, 1977.
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p. 250
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Gervers, V. “Construction of Türkmen Coats.” <em>Textile History</em> 14, no. 1 (1983).
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pp. 3–27
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Amstey, Marvin S., Frederica Amstey, and George W. O'Bannon. <em>Vanishing Jewels: Central Asian Tribal Weavings : a Catalog of an Exhibition by the Rochester Museum & Science Center, September 14, 1990 to March 17, 1991 from the Collection of Marvin and Frederica Amstey</em>. Rochester, N.Y.: The Center, 1990.
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p. 73
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Atanova, Snezhanna. “Rites of Passage.” <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles</em>. Issue 224, Summer 2025.
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p. 96-101
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Gift of E.B. and Joan C. Long
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2026-05-29 08:39:42.998000
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Exterior: silk; plain weave; embroidery: chain stitch; Trim: silk; tablet-woven with fringe; Lining: cotton; plain weave, block printed
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