Detail View: Costume History: A Persian Lady at Home
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Work Record ID:
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14160
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Work Type:
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prints (visual works)
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Title:
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A Persian Lady at Home
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Title Alternative:
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A Persian Lady, at Home
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Measurements:
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23.2 cm x 14.4 cm
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Material:
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paper
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Material:
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ink
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Material:
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pigment
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Technique:
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lithography
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Cultural Context:
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Persian (culture)
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Date Original:
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1843
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Location:
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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Repository:
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Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Call number:
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DS 258 .P4 1843
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Style Period:
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Qajar
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Subject-LCNA:
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Perkins, Justin 1805-1869
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Subject-LCSH:
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Upper class--Iran
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Subject-LCSH:
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Clothing and dress--Iran
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Subject-AAT:
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veils (headgear)
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Subject-AAT:
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jackets
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Subject-AAT:
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chemise
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Subject-AAT:
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trousers
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Subject-TGM:
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Women
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Subject-TGN:
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Iran (nation)
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Subject-Keywords:
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women, veils, jackets
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Relation:
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Electronic version available through Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=RmoqAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Perkins+AND+Persia&hl=en&ei=72gtTseAFrGOsAKq0LmmCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Perkins%20AND%20P
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Description:
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P. 283 "The accompanying drawing gives a good idea of the appearance of Persian ladies at home and we may at least presume that the Princess was as fair as the representation. Among the higher classes, the ladies devote a large portion of their time to the toilet. Inspection of the drawing will remind the readers that painting and tight-lacing are not confined to the Western continent. Persian ladies color their eyebrows black the hair being combed down upon the forehead and cut short about them the nails both of their fingers and toes auburn, and their cheeks red." This image of a Persian woman shows her wearing the headcloth known as the charqat (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 16). What appears to be a skirt is a very full cut pair of trousers or zeer-djameh (Shoberl 1845, p. 110-111).
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Image Source:
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Perkins, Justin. A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: with Notices of the Muhammedans. Andover, MA: Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1843.
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Work Rights:
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Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Image Type:
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digital images
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Image Format:
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image/tiff; image/jp2
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Image Measurements:
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86,157,981 bytes
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View Description:
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general views
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Digital Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Collection Title:
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Costume History Collection
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Image Rights:
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Western Michigan University Libraries
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Image Access:
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For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008
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Image Identifier:
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EXWS_Cos_Per_013
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