Jacket, Blouse and Skirt Iran
About 1800–40
Jameel Gallery
Women of the Qajar court in early 19th-century Tehran would have worn this combination of short jacket, gauzy open-fronted blouse and voluminous skirt. They would have henna-painted hands and feet, and sometimes even painted bodies. A painting on the wall opposite this case show Qajar women wearing similar clothing.
Woven silk with metal thread, silk embroidery and seed pearls.
Museum nos. 730-1884, T.57-1979 [31/08/2012]