TWO MEN'S COATS WITH SILK IKAT AND VELVET EXTERIORS Possibly Uzbekistan, Central Asia, late 19th century Comprising a coat of rare black silk velvet, cut and voided to reveal a repeating pattern of triple-flowered motifs beneath a starred crescent against a silk ground of pale blue, lined in red, white, and yellow silk ikat, edged with purple and white bias-cut silk ikat, the front and the sleeves hemmed with a woven multi-coloured silk band, 128cm long; and a coat of red, white, and yellow ikat, woven with bold double-butis, cotton-wadded beneath the printed floral cotton lining, hemmed with a multi-coloured silk band, 126cm long.