Egypt Sanaa Yemen Mans Striped Kaftan Kuftan Sedria Egyptian Near East Max Tilke 1922

EGYPT. Kaftan, kuftan (Egyptian) or entari (Turkish) and under-vest, sedria. The kaftan is one of the most common articles of dress in the Near East. It is worn by people of rank, and the middle-class. It is always girdled with a cloth belt (hizan). Only striped cotton or half-silk fabrics are employed in making men's kaftans. The lining is always made of ramie. Formerly kaftans made of satin or brocade were popular. The most favourite colours are crimson or violet-red with white or yellow stripes, (cf. the under-vests on PI. 38). The kaftan depicted here is made of coarse half-silk material woven in Sanaa in S. Arabia. Nearly all kaftans have a 5cm. broad vertical piece of white or yellow stitching about a hand's breadth over the seam. A vest, shirt and trousers are worn under the kaftan. The djubbeh (PI. 23) or binish (PI. 22) serves as overcoat; in Asia Minor and Syria the short salta jacket (cf. PI. 39). Travellers prefer to wear a dust or weather cloak, the aba, (cf. PI. 29) over the kaftan.

This is a 98 year old original print from the book Oriental Costumes their Designs and Colors by Tilke, Max, 1869-1942

Size of sheet: (9” x 11½”). Printed on heavy stock paper reversed side is blank. Condition: Clean sheet. See photos.

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