Annotation: "Turkmen clothing often features embroidered geometric shapes and floral patterns. Women commonly wear kaftans or chyrpy, robes worn over the..." (Annotation)

Annotation: "Turkmen clothing often features embroidered geometric shapes and floral patterns. Women commonly wear kaftans or chyrpy, robes worn over the..."

Turkmenka (1c98f63a-5f5d-431b-97fe-71116d415686)

From collection pod redakt︠s︡ieĭ V.A. Gurko-Kri︠a︡zhina. Venediktov, N. Turkmenka. Moskva : Izd. "Okhrana materinstva i mladenchestva" NKZ, 1927-1928. RC9.A100.927t. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Turkmen clothing often features embroidered geometric shapes and floral patterns. Women commonly wear kaftans or chyrpy, robes worn over the head so that they hung down over the back and shoulders with ornamental sleeves.

Image of silk embroidered Chyrpy ca. 1900-1920. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom.

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O112032/womans-robe-chyrpy-unknown/