Bethlehem Dress (Mid to Late 20th Century)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Name/Title

Bethlehem Dress (Mid to Late 20th Century)

Entry/Object ID

2023.002

Description

Traditional Bethlehem embroidered panels, indigenously made. Altered by being placed on velvet likely by an America with conservation done locally in DC by an American.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Cataloged By

Wafa Ghnaim

Category

Ethnographic Collection

Acquisition

Notes

Gift of Sherrill Houghton, Restored by Julia Brennan

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Cotton, Synthetic, Taffeta

Lining

Synthetic Material

Sewing Stitch Type

Cross Stitch

Made/Created

Artist

Maker Once Known

Date made

circa 1950