AN OTTOMAN BROCADED SILK ANTERI ROBE
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century

With a long, flared A-line profile, the pale green silk brocaded in metallic thread wound around a yellow silk core with parallel friezes of flowering branches, the inner sleeves of blue satin silk, all edges including standing collar and long open sleeves applied with sinuous metal thread edging, hemmed with bias-cut maroon Bursa silk, the front inners with starburst motif, hidden pockets to each side, a row of eight hidden finely crocheted buttons and loops to the front, and one each at the hips, lined in white cotton.

140cm long from the nape