Coat
1870-1949 (made)
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This is a lining that does little to support the shape of the garment or to make the wearer more comfortable, but it does create an unexpected effect on the right side of the coat. On the inside edge, there is a facing made from diagonal blocks of silk and there are dozens of silk squares, some slashed along their sides and some with holes roughly chopped in them. Each square has been turned to form a diamond, lined up on the diagonal and oversewn with red silk. The stitches holding them in place have been taken through to the right side of the coat where they form a strong and irregular pattern of adjoining diamonds.
There are no fastenings on the coat and the front panels would have opened as the wearer moved, revealing some of these silk patches.
There are no fastenings on the coat and the front panels would have opened as the wearer moved, revealing some of these silk patches.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, embroidered with silk and lined with applied panels of silk |
| Brief description | Coat (1850-1899, Galilee), with shirt (1870-1920) and sash (1900-1949, Ramallah), Palestine |
| Physical description | T.242-1966 - Coat, black cotton embroidered with silk in various colours and lined with applied panels of silk. T.242A-1966 - Shirt, long, cotton woven with stripes T.242B-1966 - Sash, brown and yellow striped silk |
| Object history | Objects T.233-1966 to T.250-1966 were purchased for £25 from the Church Missionary Society, 6 Salisbury Square, London. At the time of purchase, the Palestinian pieces were already on display in the museum, as part of an exhibition associated with the Palestine Exploration Society (no's. 24 and 26; see RF MA/1/C1436, RP 65/2758). The sash accompanying this coat and chemise was purchased new. A label on the inside says: "Ramallah handicraft coop for refugee and needy women. Ramallah - Jordan" |
| Production | made in Galilee |
| Summary | This is a lining that does little to support the shape of the garment or to make the wearer more comfortable, but it does create an unexpected effect on the right side of the coat. On the inside edge, there is a facing made from diagonal blocks of silk and there are dozens of silk squares, some slashed along their sides and some with holes roughly chopped in them. Each square has been turned to form a diamond, lined up on the diagonal and oversewn with red silk. The stitches holding them in place have been taken through to the right side of the coat where they form a strong and irregular pattern of adjoining diamonds. There are no fastenings on the coat and the front panels would have opened as the wearer moved, revealing some of these silk patches. |
| Bibliographic reference | Crill, Rosemary, Jennifer Wearden and Verity Wilson. Dress in Detail from Around the World. London: V&A Publications, 2002. 224 p., ill. ISBN 09781851773787. p. 138 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.242-1966 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2004 |
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