Detail View: Costume History: A Persian Lady Veiled to Walk Abroad
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Work Record ID:
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14161
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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 Veiled to Walk Abroad
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Title Alternative:
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A Lady, Veiled to go Abroad
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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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cloaks
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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,
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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. 288 "Like all Persian females, when they walk abroad, their faces were closely veiled. Muhammedan law denounces death on any female who exposes her face to a male beyond the limits of her own household. A large covering is thrown over the person, when they go out, to which is commonly attached a small veil before the face with a patch of network half the size of a hand, before the eyes, to enable them to see to walk. This rigorous seclusion is, doubtless, as fruitful a source, as it is striking an index, of the unfaithful character of Muhammedan females. The practice of veiling in itself is said extensively to facilitate and screen illicit connexions." This image of a Persian woman away from her home shows her wearing a large outer garment called the chador (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 17) and a white veil.
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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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References:
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Vogelsang-Eastwood, Gillian. "Qajar Dress from Iran: In the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden." A digital publication http://www.rmv.nl/publicaties/8Qajar/e/hotzuk.pdf. 2001, p. 8-13. Accessed on August 5, 2011.
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Rights Statement:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Rights Status:
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No Copyright - United States
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Access Rights:
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Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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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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88,543,107 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 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_014
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