Jelayah (Overcoat Dress)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Jelayah (Overcoat Dress)

Place

Palestine (Object made in:)

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Made 1850–1900

Medium

Linen; silk embroidery

Dimensions

134 × 120.1 cm (52 3/4 × 47 1/4 in.); Center neck to bottom hem: H.: 132.1 cm (52 in.); Collar to wrist, proper right: W.: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.); Collar to wrist, proper left: W.: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.); Shoulder seam to shoulder seam: W.: 75.6 cm (29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of George F. Porter

Reference Number

1927.378

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