Man's Coat with Paisley Designs Maker: Unknown

mid-19th century

Asian Art

Not on view

Paisley, named for a famed center of textile production in Scotland, is the term in English for a teardrop-shaped Persian design motif known as boteh. The pattern became popular in the West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when it was introduced viaimported textiles, particularly shawls from Kashmir.

Medium

Cotton; velvet weave

Dimensions

69 1/2 × 51 3/8 in. (176.5 × 130.5 cm)
length in back 130.5 cm. 51 1/4 in. Width: 69 1/2 in. (sleeve to sleeve)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1937.5328

Geography

India

Culture

Indian

Period

19th century

Classification

Apparel/Costume

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1937
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing

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