In Mesopotamia, it is understood that various patterns were produced from
the iconographic descriptions showing the fashionable clothes of the period.
When chronologically examined, a wide variety of clothing styles are found in
these lands that embrace many civilizations. Babylonian time, began to be
used as a skirt, after wrapping the right shoulder left open, left down from the
left shoulder clothes were used. In the Lagas kingdom, the most common use
of men's clothing is the frilly flesh. Long skirts made of felt are worn on these
skirts. In the following periods, instead of the frilly skirt, the long skirt was put
on Kiton. A large shawl with embroidered edges on the right shoulder, which
was carried on the left shoulder, was used on the skirt. The women used
clothing that covered the right shoulder, covering the body up to the feet.
In the descriptions of the reliefs of Assurnasirpal palace, there are dresses
decorated with flowers and geometric figures. for example, it is seen that the
sleeves of a dress are adorned with a floral motif. Patterned textile products
are characterized in three different ways: The technique of weaving using
multicolored ropes used a technique of embroidering or sewing the
embroidery on the woven fabric and applying the materials such as bead
technique, button and block printing on the fabric.
People belonging to the palace were buried with special clothes thought to be
a palace outfit. The palace women of the period were wearing jackets similar
to the long skirt that opened from the front to the bottom of the skirt with bead
rows.
Documents such as engagement and weddings on special occasions such as
the day to wear the appropriate dresses and the bride and groom is
understood that the clothes were taken. In Mesopotamia, each culture made a
new meaning by making its own texture to the clothes and moving on to a
new layer.
Mehmet Sait Dalmis