Contemporary Dress (2000s)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Name/Title

Contemporary Dress (2000s)

Entry/Object ID

2022.116

Description

This is a contemporary dress, with shoulder pads, using traditional Palestinian cross-stitch technique, colors and patterns. Starting in the 1970's, the embroidery patterns used for Palestinian embroidered dresses (thobe), expressed a national allegiance to Palestine, rather than to a particular village or town. The motifs and style utilized in this dress, and during this time period, continue to underscore a unified Palestinian style. The dresses of the post 1948 era no longer represent the regional identity of the wearer, but a Palestinian national identity in the face of cultural erasure and appropriation.

Cataloged By

Wafa Ghnaim

Category

Ethnographic Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Textile Details

Sewing Stitch Type

Cross Stitch

Made/Created

Date made

circa 2000

Time Period

21st Century

Ethnography

Notes

Regarded as a vital component of Palestinian heritage.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Shoulder pads, four branch dress, no zipper