This cloak is green wool, lined with gold wool/cashmere blend. It is based on several stone carvings and silver works the depict women wearing short cloaks with long flowing ties. The ties are made of purple silk dupioni (though it is not at all “slubby” the way lesser quality dupioni is) and are hand sewn together then turned inside out and finished. The Cloak it self is completely sewn and all the seams have been finished. I only need to finish the bottom edge. My current plan is the do a normal hand sewn hem (that is to say fold the fabric over twice and straight stitch it together). This finishing technique can been seen on the two 7th Century Persian sleeves held at the V&A. Although there is not comment in the museum documentation as to whether this was done during conservation or is original. The thread used for finishing these sleeves, seems to show the same wear as the extant sleeve, therefore I have assumed this is the original finishing technique. I will be finishing each edge separately to ensure that the layers hang properly and to allow me to add further embellishments in the future.