AN OTTOMAN VELVET DIVAL EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S WEDDING ROBE (BINDALLI) Ottoman...
AN OTTOMAN VELVET DIVAL-EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S WEDDING ROBE (BINDALLI)
Ottoman Turkey, second half of the 19th century
Long-sleeved, purple silk velvet, finely embroidered using the dival technique with gilded metal thread, featuring Baroque-inspired festoons, ribbons, fleshy leaves and vegetal motifs, more densely concentrated along the borders and rising from the bottom.
154.5cm, 137cm arm to arm
The bindalli dress was worn by both Muslim and Jewish women of different social and economic classes in the Balkans and Anatolia for weddings and other special occasions, particularly from the second half of the 19th century onwards.
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AN OTTOMAN VELVET DIVAL-EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S WEDDING ROBE (BINDALLI)
Ottoman Turkey, second half of the 19th century
Long-sleeved, purple silk velvet, finely embroidered using the dival technique with gilded metal thread, featuring Baroque-inspired festoons, ribbons, fleshy leaves and vegetal motifs, more densely concentrated along the borders and rising from the bottom.
154.5cm, 137cm arm to arm
The bindalli dress was worn by both Muslim and Jewish women of different social and economic classes in the Balkans and Anatolia for weddings and other special occasions, particularly from the second half of the 19th century onwards.
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Time, Location
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