Six Branch Dress (1960-80)

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Museum of the Palestinian People

Name/Title

Six Branch Dress (1960-80)

Entry/Object ID

2022.114

Description

This dress is considered a machine-made production, meant to emulate the stem stitch. Various flowers are repeated in rows, using multi-colored threads. The fabric is thick, machine-woven synthetic fibers. The dip in the back of the large squared collar, as well as the construction of the large square collar as a whole, is typical of the cut used in Sarafand, a small village outside of the Yaffa region. While the dress was likely produced in the late 20th century, it is indicative of the traditional dressmaking methods that have been carried on in the Palestinian diaspora.

Context

Diaspora - Produced after 1948

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Textile Details

Fabric

Polyester, Rayon

Sewing Stitch Type

Cross Stitch

Notes

Machine stitched

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1960 - circa 1980

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

Regarded as a vital component of Palestinian heritage.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Palestinian Diaspora

Dimensions

Height

50 in

Width

17 in

General Notes

Note

Courtesy Nidal and Melissa Jarrard-Mahayni Collection