Man's or Woman's Chapan or Khalat Robe
Uzbekistan, possibly from Bukhara
late 19th to early 20th century
Warp-faced plain weave silk warp and weft ikat (abr, kanaous, or shabi)
Neck to hem: 40½"/102.9 cm
Cuff to cuff: 52¾"/134 cm
Kent State University Museum, Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.1.1991.

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.