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Child’s Jacket

Aleppo or Damascus, Syria (map), c. 1900

Very finely-woven wool, silk, and metallic threads

34.5” h x 38” w (87.5 x  96.5 cm)

Condition: Some wear on shoulders

$2800

 
 

A very similar example is to be found in the collection of the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (vide Kahlenberg 1998: 155, pl. 161).

REFERENCES

Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Textiles and Objects from the Collections

of Lloyd Cotsen and the the Neutrogena Corporation; works in cloth, ceramic, wood, metal,

straw, and paper from cultures throughout the world. New York: Abrams, 1998.

 
 
 
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Wear on left sleeve

Wear on left sleeve

Wear on right sleeve

Wear on right sleeve