Name of Object:

Jacket

Other name of the Object (second name):

Yusuf Bey Karam’s jacket

Location:

`Ayn Najm, Lebanon

Holding Institution:

Lebanese Heritage Museum

 About The Lebanese University, `Ayn Najm

Date of Object:

Early 19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Embroidery; velvet

Provenance:

Lebanon

Description:

Yusuf Bey Karam's formal jacket, which he wore during his youth. It is made of red velvet with floral patterns embroidered in gilded thread.

Type of Object

Textile; needlework; garment

Citation of this web page:

Marie Therese Moujabber "Jacket" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;lb;69;en

Prepared by: Marie Therese Moujabber
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 080