Coat (Choga)
Unknown Artist
mid-19th century or earlier
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