AN IKAT COAT, UZBEKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY

The coat is pieced together from narrow panels of cut pile ikat, and is hand-stitched throughout, with scrolling and curvilinear pattern motifs in yellow, purple, red, blue and white. The coat is A-line in shape, with centre front opening and long sleeves. It is lined with cotton fabric printed with light green botehs. The neckline, front opening and hem are trimmed with a narrow band of woven braid with a red background and yellow, purple and white cross-stitched S-shaped motifs. The broad cuffs are of striped cotton twill, decorated with embroidered linear patterns in red, green, blue, yellow, black. The cuffs are edged with the same braid as is used around the neckline, 135 by 137 cm.