IIIPatronage & EconomyThreads of the Court — Annual Atelier Report, 1928
Section 03 · Figure 09❦17
The takeaway
A robe is not bought —it is commissioned, season upon season.
Metres of couched bullion per ceremonial chapan, by patron rank
Gold zarSilver-wrappedSilk couching
Read length includes all couched threads across front panel, cuffs, and hem border. The emir's household consumes more bullion than the next two ranks combined.