Child’s jacket pieced together by machine stitching using striped fabric for all but central panels flanking center-front opening. Jacket shows old label noting that it is Syrian. Striped fabric is warp-faced with yellow, green, navy, and cream threads. Weft is navy thread. Fabric flanking center-front opening is cream with multicolored stripes and diamond shapes set in rows across width. Short stand up collar. Matches artifact number 86.2.57b – a shawl.

20th c

Jacket

Natural Fiber – Cotton (Udf1)

Artifact (Udf10)

Retain Artifact Status (Udf21)

Non-American – Middle Eastern – 20th c (Udf22)

Woven – Basketweave (Udf3)

Unknown (Udf4)

Fiber or Yarn dyed (Udf5)

Stripes/Geometric (Udf6)

Natural Fiber – Cotton (Udf7)

Sewn, machine (Udf9)