Woman's Entari Robe
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Aleppo was famous for ikat, a resist-dye technique in which threads are bound and dyed before the textile is woven. This lavish entari (robe) features ikat-patterned and multi-colored stripes with rows of rosettes woven from metal-wrapped thread that would have originally glistened. The combination of different techniques in a single textile represents the weaver’s exceptional skill. Entaris, worn over long shirts and loose-fitting trousers, were popular and fashionable women’s garments during the Ottoman Empire.
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