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Entari

Entari
1800-1829 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman's kaftan. The fabric is silk woven with stripes on a cream ground; narrow stripes of gold thread alternate with broader stripes of delicate floral sprays, also in gold thread. In its present state, the skirt is gathered onto the bodice with a restraining braid around the waist. There is evidence of a coarse cotton lining (which has been cut away). There is a slit on either side of the skirt, bound with a metal braid, to provide access to pockets. The bodice is fitted. The sleeves are long and hang loose from the elbow. Both bodice and skirt are further decorated with couched metal braid which has been strengthened on the reverse by stitching through paper. Some of this appears to be an ink-written letter in Greek.

Yellow ribbons may have been added at a later date to provide a fastening down the centre front.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEntari
Materials and techniques
Woven silk
Brief description
Woman's kaftan, woven silk, Attica, Greece, 1800-1829.
Physical description
Woman's kaftan. The fabric is silk woven with stripes on a cream ground; narrow stripes of gold thread alternate with broader stripes of delicate floral sprays, also in gold thread. In its present state, the skirt is gathered onto the bodice with a restraining braid around the waist. There is evidence of a coarse cotton lining (which has been cut away). There is a slit on either side of the skirt, bound with a metal braid, to provide access to pockets. The bodice is fitted. The sleeves are long and hang loose from the elbow. Both bodice and skirt are further decorated with couched metal braid which has been strengthened on the reverse by stitching through paper. Some of this appears to be an ink-written letter in Greek.

Yellow ribbons may have been added at a later date to provide a fastening down the centre front.
Dimensions
  • Length: 47.5in
  • Across shoulders (including sleeves) width: 70.5in
Credit line
Given anonymously
Object history
Registered File number 1994/1650.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.693-1994

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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