DepartmentTextiles-Middle East
Thobe Ghabani
NameDress
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
CulturePalestinian
Dateca. 1925
Place madeMalha (village) near Jerusalem, Historic Palestine, Middle East or West Asia, Asia
Mediumcotton, silk
Dimensionsoverall: 1 M 36 CM X 1 M 17 CM
Credit LineIFAF Collection
Object numberFA.1972.25.13
Collections
FA. 72.25–13 Thob Ghabani (ca. 1925) (Fig. 17) Made of ghabāni, a natural cotton covered with gold color silk floral embroidery produced in Aleppo, the body of this dress is much narrower than those of the others. Its sleeves are not as long, or as pointed. It is stitched together by machine. The dress is adorned with sawāʻid, benāyeq, and a qabbeh, all of silk. They were ordered from Bethlehem by the woman for whom the dress was made. The embroidery is typical Bethlehem work with multicolored silk and gold metallic couching. Part of a trousseau, this dress is from Malha, a village two miles southeast of Jerusalem. Ghabāni bridal dresses were particularly popular in Malha and Lifta, on the western outskirts of Jerusalem. Length: 131 cm. Width: 79 cm. (Palestinian Costume and Jewelry, Yedida Kalfon Stillman, 1979 ISBN: 0-82630490-7)
ca. 1930s
