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Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse

mid-19th–early 20th century

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Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse, Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse, Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded

Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse, Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded

Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse, Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded

Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse, Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded

Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse, Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded

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Title: Uçetek Entari, Shalvar, and Blouse

Date: mid-19th–early 20th century

Geography: Made in Turkey

Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; brocaded

Dimensions: Yelek a:
Length at CB. 54 in. (137.2 cm)
Length at CF. 52 in. (132.1 cm)
W. 59 in. (149.9 cm)
Chalwar b:
Length (outseam). 45 in. (114.3 cm)
Length (inseam). 32 in. (81.3 cm)
W. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Waist. 72 in. (182.9 cm)
Blouse c:
Length at CB. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
Length at CF. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
W. 42 in. (106.7 cm)

Classification: Main dress-Womenswear

Credit Line: Gift of Mary W. Irwin, 1950

Accession Number: C.I.50.4a–c

Chronology

Balkan Peninsula, 1900 A.D.-present

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