Jacket
Jacket
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Jacket in linen with double sleeves, the top one overlapping a second with a longer cuff. Both are heavily embroidered in coloured silks and laid silver thread. The top sleeve has a bold floral pattern in short and long stitch, the lower a formal geometric pattern in black, red, blue and green. Both are overlaid on the outer side with a formal pomegranate pattern in silver. Both sleeve edges and the neck of the bodice are bound in red braid.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Jacket |
| Materials and techniques | Linen heavily embroidered in coloured silks and laid silver thread. |
| Brief description | Jacket, embroidered, Greece (Mainland, Attica, Keratea), 1800s. |
| Physical description | Jacket in linen with double sleeves, the top one overlapping a second with a longer cuff. Both are heavily embroidered in coloured silks and laid silver thread. The top sleeve has a bold floral pattern in short and long stitch, the lower a formal geometric pattern in black, red, blue and green. Both are overlaid on the outer side with a formal pomegranate pattern in silver. Both sleeve edges and the neck of the bodice are bound in red braid. |
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| Object history | Gift of A.J.B. Wace. Collection no. 3055. The register says that 'this piece compares to the bodice of the complete costume from Attica, T.720-1919. I.S. 155-1965 also compares.' Early register suggests that this garment would have been worn at festivals with T.720-1919. Earliest register descibes it as the bodice of a bride's dress that is of Greaco-Albanian origin. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.721-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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