Qabbah (chest panel) for a woman's dress.

Collection type: Object
Description: Qabbah (chest panel) for a woman's dress.
Long description: Qabbah (chest panel) for a woman's dress. The qabbah comprises two pieces of thick black woven silk laid on top of one an another and stitched in place, and includes a large square of decoration, a rounded collar and chest slit. The qabbah is densely embroidered with cross-stitch patterns in red, green, purple and blue floss silk. The main design is an inverted arch filled with geometric motifs, with repeating arches of different colours below, with a series of small crosses within. Above this is a central cross designs and columns of floral and foliate designs. Sitting above the square, either side of the collar, is an embroidered design of an urn or vase with flowers. The chest slit is stitched up with green and blue silk thread. The collar is decorated with a zigzag pattern of green silk within a border of blue.
Geographical reference: Palestine
Asia > Western Asia > Palestine; Gaza
Person: Field collector Maria Carlota Ortiz; PRM source Linda Mowat
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1990
Date collected: ?1990
Acquisition information: Donated: 01/1994
Materials and processes: Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Embroidered, Process Woven, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: Max 440 mm, Width: Max 380 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1994.7.2

Search terms: Clothing, Dress

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