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Source Description
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. <br><br>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.
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Document identity
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95777
label
Woman's cloak (chyrpy)
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object
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95777
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object
title
Woman's cloak (chyrpy)
description
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. <br><br>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.
date
1800s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79477947
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Garment
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 112.4 x 58.4 cm (44 1/4 x 23 in.)
cul
Uzbekistan, Bukhara
accession
1916.1468
Source extras
tec
Cotton; silk: embroidery
tombstone
Woman'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
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
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.
page_number
p. 250
citation
Gervers, V. “Construction of Türkmen Coats.” <em>Textile History</em> 14, no. 1 (1983).
page_number
pp. 3–27
citation
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, NY: The Center, 1990.
page_number
p. 73
citation
Atanova, Snezhanna. “Rites of Passage.” <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles</em>. Issue 224, Summer 2025.
page_number
p. 96-101
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:08:51.041000
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95777
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Cotton; silk: embroidery
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