Antique Traditional Womans Ottoman Silk Brocade ‘Entari’ Coat/Robe: Early C19th Turkey Traditional Costume Please ask for details

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supportive underlayer added at a later date

The front and back panels lend themselves to being stretched and mounted ready for framing

and would have been produced by highly skilled crafted person

made in Cairo in the early 1900s to sell to collectors and tourists during the craze which swept the world as the tombs in the Valley of the Kings were being discovered and ‘Egyptomania’ caught everyone’s imagination

Antique Traditional Womans Ottoman Silk Brocade ‘Entari’ Coat/Robe: Early C19th Turkey Traditional Costume Please ask for detailsItem Details. From Turkey comes this full length Ottoman entari robe or coat, dating from the early 1800s. Made in a beautiful fine silk brocade which is woven with decorative stripes of pale gold and blue green coloured silk. The coat is fully lined in an off white cotton and is edged down the centre front and side splits with a wonderful cutwork lace edging. Traditionally worn over trousers and a chemise, this long coat was worn for formal occasions