Dress (Thobe)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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ERS Needlework Collection

Name/Title

Dress (Thobe)

Entry/Object ID

1970.1.1

Tags

Thobe, Chemise, Cross Stitch, Palestine

Description

The long white dress (thobe) decorated at the neckline with red and green stylized field within blue border, the lower part of the dress and long sleeves decorated with floral embroidery in long verticla register including various animals on the back

Context

The Palestinian thobe traces its history to the early 19th century, when embroidery was confined to the villages. Richly decorated dresses marked milestones in women's lives: onset of puberty, marriage, motherhood.

Collection

ERS Decorative Objects

Category

Clothing and dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

cotton

Material

Wool

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anonymous

Attribution

Attributed to Palestine

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Middle East

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Middle East

Culture/Tribe

Palestinean

Notes

Purchased in a market stall in Jerusalem

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Hierarchy Name

Embroidery

Concept

cross stitch, Middle Eastern, chemise dresses

Condition

Overall Condition

Good