Blouses and Ensembles. Assyrian Costumes.

Assyrian Blouses and Ensembles. Costumes common to both sexes.

The Luxurious Assyrian Costumes. Blouses and Ensembles.

Part V. Assyrian Plate 3.

Costumes common to both sexes.

1. Gown taken from a Babylonian document, with yellow background and brown-red designs and fringes.
2. Gown forming a tunic, Naples yellow ground, green motif and golden-yellow fringes.
3. Tunic from a warrior’s costume. Broad belt, fixing a round plate on the chest.
4. Richly-embroidered gown garnished with fringes forming a corselet.
5. Gown-top inspired by a masculine costume. Yellow bands crossing on the breast before fixing on a broad belt forming a corselet.
6. Pleated tunic from a masculine document. Wide bordered band.
7. On a Naples yellow tunic, a broad piece of fringed stuff, in the shape of a cloak, is folded on the shoulder.
8. Tunic in a sort a worsted with blue bands.
9. Fringed tunic fastened by a broad belt with wrought ornaments and little bands.
10. Large fringed gown with a flap falling on the shoulder.
11. Assurbanipal’s banquet. The queen, offering a libation, wears a pink embroidered tunic with golden-yellow fringes, falling over a blue gown. The sleeve is richly embroidered.

Source: Paul Louis de Giafferri. The History of the Feminine Costume of the World. The Luxurious Assyrian Costumes. Published: 1926.

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