DepartmentTextiles-Middle East
Thobe
NameDress
Artist
Artist not recorded
Dateca. 1920-1930
Place madeBe'er-Sheva (Beersheba; Bir Seb'a), Historic Palestine, Middle East or West Asia, Asia
Mediumcotton, silk
Dimensionsoverall: 1 M 54 CM X 1 M 17 CM
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.1972.25.12
Collections
ProvenancePurchased for the collection by Yedida Kalfon Stillman
DescriptionWoman's. Worn by older women of Tayaha tribe. Black commercial cotton. Embroidered on lower half in blue threads, cross-stitch, geometric pattern.FA. 72.25-12 Thōb (1920-30) Everyday dress for women of the Tayaha tribe, this is known as a thōb azraq ( “ blue dress " ) because of the almost entirely blue embroidery on the skirt . This indicates that the dress belonged to an older woman . Neither the red qabbeh with its flowers and birds , nor the turquoise cotton sateen yoke with its multicolored flowers ( machine - made in satin stitch ) are typical of this area . Some machine embroidery has been added to the sleeves as well . The brown , orange , and pink cypresses and pines in cross stitch on the sleeves , however , are the original embroidery . The wide embroidered border ( dāyer ) of very fine slanted satin stitches , which runs around the bottom of this and dress no . FA . 72.25-3a , is characteristic of the southern Bedouins and is often referred to as "Bedouin stitch."
Artist not recorded
ca. 1850-1899