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Culture:Persian, Turkish, or Armenian (possibly)
Title:robe
Date Made:1800-1900
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: polychrome, supplementary weft-patterned silk (brocade); yellow, twill-weave silk ground; metallic braid/edging; Pink plain-weave silk facing
Place Made:Asia; Middle East
Accession Number:  HD F.392
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Short sleeved, front-opening, full-length robe (possibly a kaftan) made from a yellow, twill-weave silk decorated with small (2" x 2") brocaded floral sprigs. This garment may have been acquired by the museum as a comparison to 18th-century Western clothing. it is also possible the museum's co-founder, Helen Geier Flynt (1895-1986) acquired the robe for its use of brocaded silk. The robe is cut with side gussets so that it flares out towards the hem. All the floral motifs are identical, and each is highlighted by the inclusion of metallic thread wrapped around a silk core thread. The brocading wefts are carried across the width of the silk, suggesting a later date. A narrow strip of flat metallic threads edges the opening of the robe, which may be Turkish or Persian in origin. The lining has been removed, except for a 4" wide strip of pink silk taffeta facing at the hem. The short sleeves may have been cut down from a previously longer style.

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