Child’s Jacket
Aleppo or Damascus, Syria (map), c. 1900
Very finely-woven wool, silk, and metallic threads
34.5” h x 38” w (87.5 x 96.5 cm)
Condition: Some wear on shoulders
$2800
A very similar example is to be found in the collection of the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico (vide Kahlenberg 1998: 155, pl. 161).
REFERENCES
Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Textiles and Objects from the Collections
of Lloyd Cotsen and the the Neutrogena Corporation; works in cloth, ceramic, wood, metal,
straw, and paper from cultures throughout the world. New York: Abrams, 1998.
Wear on left sleeve
Wear on right sleeve