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Women's jacket
(سترة نسائية)

Title	Women's jacket
Title Original	سترة نسائية
Publication Date:	1287 - 1314 AH / 1870 - 1896 AD
Publication Place	- Rietberg Museum
Subject	Printed Cotton (Qalamkar), Lining: Printed Cotton (European Made), Copper, Silk Thread
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 55 سم، العرض: 206 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	2010,69
Record ID	object;EPM;sw;Mus21;22;ar
Library Location	Rietberg Museum
Date	1287 - 1314 AH / 1870 - 1896 AD
Notes	After 1873, Iranian women of the upper classes wore a short skirt imitating the French tutu worn by ballerinas. Called a shawl, this small skirt was combined with a small jacket, kept above the waist so as not to spoil the puffy appearance of the shawl, with long sleeves worn over a thin shirt. As was customary at the time, the outer fabric was made of Persian qalamkar, an intricately hand-made printed fabric, while cheap European printed cotton fabrics were used for the lining. However, the two fabrics were not combined randomly, and it is clear from the interesting contrast that a lot of attention was paid to the selection of these two styles. In this particular case, the contrast between the vibrant hand-made pattern and its machine-made counterpart is particularly striking. This jacket was acquired by the Swiss merchant Emil Albiger in Iran between 1870 and 1896. Albiger was then a director of the Manchester-based trading firm Ziegler & Co., which owned a carpet factory in Sultanabad.
Sample Text	Axel Langer "Women's Jacket" from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;22;ar

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Women's jacket

(سترة نسائية)

Publication Date 1287 - 1314 AH / 1870 - 1896 AD

Publication Place - Rietberg Museum

Subject Printed Cotton (Qalamkar), Lining: Printed Cotton (European Made), Copper, Silk Thread

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 55 سم، العرض: 206 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 2010,69

Record ID object;EPM;sw;Mus21;22;ar

Library Location Rietberg Museum

Date 1287 - 1314 AH / 1870 - 1896 AD

Notes After 1873, Iranian women of the upper classes wore a short skirt imitating the French tutu worn by ballerinas. Called a shawl, this small skirt was combined with a small jacket, kept above the waist so as not to spoil the puffy appearance of the shawl, with long sleeves worn over a thin shirt. As was customary at the time, the outer fabric was made of Persian qalamkar, an intricately hand-made printed fabric, while cheap European printed cotton fabrics were used for the lining. However, the two fabrics were not combined randomly, and it is clear from the interesting contrast that a lot of attention was paid to the selection of these two styles. In this particular case, the contrast between the vibrant hand-made pattern and its machine-made counterpart is particularly striking. This jacket was acquired by the Swiss merchant Emil Albiger in Iran between 1870 and 1896. Albiger was then a director of the Manchester-based trading firm Ziegler & Co., which owned a carpet factory in Sultanabad.

Sample Text Axel Langer "Women's Jacket" from Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;sw;Mus21;22;ar