Jacket

Jacket (woman's) of red and gold brocade. Serpentine bands of formalized flowers in gold are woven diagonally across of rich red ground covered with gold leaf-shaped designs. A broad gold braid edges front and bottom of jacket, which has narrow facing of Persian shawl cloth projecting slightly beyond the braid. Lined throughout with a flower print of cotton cloth. The pointed ends of the sleeves are faced with shawl cloth and edged with metal braid of gold, green, red and blue. Jacket fits tightly at the waist and projects sharply over the hips. Underarm seams are left open and slightly cut away. Metal cloth.