Whoa... i just noticed something... I knew that clicking on the museum photo would make the picture bigger, but i neglected to use the zoom function on the enlarged photo. I went back to look and this time i noticed the zoom... and that red velvet kaftan even has **the same type of "locking&quo...

Woah!!! That's spooky, how did you find that lilinah! You some kind of textiles guru? Thank you very much for your time, effort and interest. Very appreciated Hi, Dave. Happy to help. My SCA persona began as Maghrebi (Morocco/Algeria), but there's little surviving from SCA period. However, while do...

My first thought was late 19th century Algerian, for a number of reasons - shape of garment, French fabric, decoration on the front panel. Then I found this, which indicates that it is very probably late 19th c. Moroccan: m Edited to add: Museum notes point out that this style was made exclusively i...