A knee-length jacket with long sleeves made from a mid-blue cotton decorated with machine printed cotton. The lining is decorated with rows of small stylised foliage in purple, red and green on a white ground. The sleeves are open from the elbows. The armpits are open for ease of movement. The garment is slightly shaped at the waist. The collar is decorated with a geometric design in "Italian" quilting. The main body of the garment is further decorated with pressed lines in two geometric patterns (see diagram). According to Dr. C.J. Wills, writing in 1883, these lines, both plain and quilted, were not uncommon on garments: The Persians understand ironing, and the trade of ironer is a common one. The dresses of the common people are ornamented by lines drawn on them parallel with each other, by means of a kind of iron. The garment is laid on a large jar of clay, and, holding this between his knees, the ironer ("utu-kesh") makes his pattern upon the new garment of silk or cotton. The same means are used to mark the stuffs for quilting which is much in fashion (Wills 1883:333). With respect to 503-262, the lines were added after the garment pieces had been cut out, but before it was made up. It is likely that these lines would have come out when the garment was washed.