AN EMBROIDERED OPEN VELVET COAT

Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century

The midnight blue velvet heavily embellished with metallic threads and spangles in a variety of stitches, with a bold sweeping pattern of scrolling floral motifs in raised-work symmetrically spreading from the axis of the back, the hem and sleeve ends with a repeating floral grid, 130cm long from the nape of the neck.