DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Dress
NameDress
CultureBeni Malik or Bani Malik Tribe
Date20th century
Place madeHijaz, Saudia Arabia, Middle East, Asia
MediumCotton, leather
Dimensions53 15/16 × 44 9/16 × 3/8 in. (137 × 113.2 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Anne Marie Weiss-Armush, A.2018.5.9
Object numberA.2018.5.9
ProvenanceThe donor married a Syrian man and moved to Saudi Arabia in 1976, where she lived for 11 years. During her stay she amassed a large collection of Middle Eastern garments.
DescriptionThe front of this cotton dress is of four black sections and the back is of three. The collar edging and shoulder appliques are of red cotton. Chain and closed buttonhole stitches create a dense embroidery down the sleeves, at the cuffs, along skirt sides and at back bottom hem area. The patterns are zig-zag and square/rectangle. Twined leather edges the hem. A cotton print on blue ground lines the dress.
20th century
20th century
1970s
1890s
early 20th c.