AN OPEN COAT AND A JACKET
Albania, Western Ottoman Provinces, 19th century

Comprising a man's open coat of navy face cloth wool, the fitted bodice and 'pinked' sleeves finely worked in gilt frogging, the front opening with brass linear beading, the swinging skirt hemmed and edged with magenta silk cord embroidery, the side pockets and corners with elaborate Ottoman motifs, with brass buttons, lined in tabby cotton, the inside edge and front hem with woven cotton tape, 114cm long; and a related man's short jacket of deep burgundy, elaborately worked in gilt threads, the cross-over front with brass buttons, the seams in black silk cord, the silk cord decorations on the back a recent addition, 62cm long.