Geographic Search: Central Asia
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Bright pink pomegranate motifs with green and purple amulets with pendants, surrounded by abstracted floral motifs in yellow, on a white ground. Red silk embroidery under the sleeves at the junction of the bodice and gathered skirt. Unlined. The sheen from the beating and polishing of the cloth is still perceptible.
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Woman's Robe Dovetailing triangular geometric motifs in grayish-pink (ground color), yellow, raspberry, purple and blue. Decorative embroidery in white thread in a swirling pattern at top sleeve. Multi-colored cotton thread embroidery at waist level. Needlepoint embroidery at collar possibly done by the Lakai tribe. Waist closure with narrow woven red and green braid and beaded tassels. Unlined.
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Geometric "Tashkent ball" motifs in purple, bright pink, and yellow, surrounded by the same color boteh (paisley) motifs, on a grayish-pink ground. Red silk embroidery under the sleeves at the junction of the bodice and gathered skirt. Russian printed cotton patches at the back with yellow boteh (paisley) motifs on a red ground. Unlined.
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Peach colored (ground fabric) abstracted floral, boteh (paisley) and amulet with pendants motifs, on a plum colored background. Slits parallel to cuffs on sleeves. Padded and quilted vertically. Lined in Russian ivory cotton with printed floral motifs and with adras ikat with bright pink, yellow, purple, raspberry and blue motifs on a white ground.
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Woman's Chapan or Khalat Robe Geometric "Tashkent ball" motifs in bright pink, yellow and blue, surrounded by blue boteh (paisley) and purple amulet with pendants motifs, on a grayish-pink ground. Padded and quilted vertically. Decorative embroidery in a serpentine design at neck and wrists with additional leaf pattern enclosed in a border row of diamonds at the wrists. Lined in red and white striped Indian cotton.
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Bekasab
or bekasam fabric of purple and gray stripes with triangular
geometric motifs
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Rare indigo dyed ikat with grayish-white (ground color) and yellow abstracted floral motifs and pink dashes. Underarm gussets in orange/pink and purple/orange adras ikat. Pink, purple and yellow embroidery above side slits. Padded and quilted vertically. Lined in several Russian cotton printed fabrics with stripes as well as floral and boteh (paisley) motifs.
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Woman's Munisak
Robe The purple tulip-shaped motifs surround a light green stylized cypress, or tree-of-life core. Filling the space between decorative fields are patches striped yellow and red on a white ground. Emerging from the tulip end is an abstracted scorpion shape. Red silk embroidery under the sleeves at the junction of the bodice and gathered skirt. Unlined. The sheen from the beating and polishing of the cloth is still perceptible.
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Abstracted floral, boteh (paisley) and comb patterns in green and pink, on a white ground. Red silk embroidery under the sleeves at the junction of the bodice and side panels and above the side slits. Padded and quilted vertically. Lined in red Russian cotton with printed floral motifs and striped cottons.
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Woman's Munisak
Robe Geometric "Tashkent ball" motifs in yellow, blue and two shades of bright pink, green comb motifs and a dovetailing purple section with an orange serpentine motif with pink and blue dots inside, on a grayish-pink ground. Metallic woven borders at wrists. Green embroidery under the sleeves at the junction of the bodice and side panels and above side slits. Red cotton piece in back. Padded and quilted vertically. Lined in printed cotton with white stripes and small flowers on burgundy ground and with purple silk.
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Man's Robe
Red and white alacha (striped robe) with applied zhiak (polychrome woven border). Lined in red Russian cotton with printed floral motifs and with red and yellow adras ikat on white ground. Given to Shannon Rodgers in London, England, by an Iranian princess.
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Woman's Chapan or Khalat Robe Dovetailing triangular geometric motifs in grayish-pink (ground color), yellow, raspberry, purple and blue. Decorative embroidery in a border row of diamonds on the collar, front openings, hem and wrists. Yellow, purple, pink and green embroidery above side slits. Padded and quilted vertically. Lined in Russian cotton with red leaves and branches on a white ground.
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For
more detailed information on Central Asian garments,
please
visit
the website of the exhibition
Kaleidoscopic Dreamcoats: Central Asian Ikat Robes |
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