Coat (Choga)

Medium

Ground fabric: hand-spun red plain-weave wool (warp and weft); embroidery: silk; facing: ikat silk (warp), cotton (weft); lining: roller-printed Russian cotton

Dimensions

H. from shoulder to bottom hem: 50 3/4 in. (129 cm) W. of arms: 72 1/2 in. (184 cm) W. of body: 34 1/2 in. (87.6 cm)

Classification

Textiles

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Hajji Baba Club and The Page and Otto Marx Jr. Foundation Gifts, in memory of Newton Foster, 1998

Accession Number

1998.244