Long-sleeved black velvet shirt with large blue rectangular cross-stitch embroidery (tatreez تطريز) panel covering the front. The cross-stitch embroidery is mainly medium and light blue with some areas in a dark blue. It is composed of many repeating geometric designs in rows. For each shoulder, there is a small black ribbon with sewn on snap button closures.

• Narrative

  Purchased by the donor from a shop called "Bedouin Art" in the old city, Jerusalem, in the late 1990s.

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• Type of Item jacket
• Culture Palestinian, Syrian
• Material fibre
• Measurements height 69.5 cm, width 115.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Denise Jacques
• Received from Denise Jacques

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• Made in Palestine, Syria

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• Ownership Date before September 16, 2020
• Acquisition Date on September 16, 2020

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3448/0048