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Entari

Title	Entari
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1870
Publication Place	Iraq (made) -
Subject	Textiles Womenswear
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.439-1967
Record ID	T.439-1967
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1870
Notes	Entari (robe) made from brocaded silk, Iraq, ca. 1870
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Brocaded silk, lined with cotton, faced with silk
Fiziksel açıklama	Entari (robe, am al-kasa) made from white silk with a brocaded pattern of narrow alternating rows of gilt pine pattern motifs with green foliage. The entari is full length, fitted to the figure with a low cut neck and long sleeves widening towards the cuff where they are slit. The skirt is slightly gathered at the centre back. There are rows of gilt braid around the neck, cuffs, armholes and front opening, and the neck and cuffs are edges with red and gold looped braid. Plaited gilt braid covers the seams on the centre back. The cuffs are trimmed with large diamond-shaped wound gilt buttons and the garment fastens its full length with small self-covered buttons. The bodice (zik) is lined with white cotton and the fronts are faced with red silk.

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Entari

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1870

Publication Place Iraq (made) -

Subject Textiles Womenswear

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.439-1967

Record ID T.439-1967

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1870

Notes Entari (robe) made from brocaded silk, Iraq, ca. 1870

Malzemeler ve teknikler Brocaded silk, lined with cotton, faced with silk

Fiziksel açıklama Entari (robe, am al-kasa) made from white silk with a brocaded pattern of narrow alternating rows of gilt pine pattern motifs with green foliage. The entari is full length, fitted to the figure with a low cut neck and long sleeves widening towards the cuff where they are slit. The skirt is slightly gathered at the centre back. There are rows of gilt braid around the neck, cuffs, armholes and front opening, and the neck and cuffs are edges with red and gold looped braid. Plaited gilt braid covers the seams on the centre back. The cuffs are trimmed with large diamond-shaped wound gilt buttons and the garment fastens its full length with small self-covered buttons. The bodice (zik) is lined with white cotton and the fronts are faced with red silk.