DepartmentTextiles-Middle East

Libās

NamePants

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateearly 20th century

Place madeHistoric Palestine, Middle East or West Asia, Asia

MediumIndigo dyed linen, silk and cotton embroidery

Credit LineGift of Florence Dibell Bartlett

Object numberA.1955.86.921

Collections

Palestinian Dress and Jewelry

DescriptionLoose, wide pants with two different shades of blue indigo, sides of pants have bright pink embroidery.

Old #3360 Libās (early twentieth century) (Fig. 8) This pair of pants is from Galilee. It is made of handwoven, indigo linen in two different weights. The outer legs are decorated with multicolored silk and cotton embroidery in geometric patterns executed in cross, stem, chain, and blanket stitches. The narrow legs indicate that this pair came from a rural district. It is to be worn with a yelek, qafțān, or similar robe. Waist: 71 cm. Length from waist to ankle: 79 cm. (Palestinian Costume and Jewelry, Yedida Kalfon Stillman, 1979 ISBN: 0-82630490-7)