Wedding Dress Item Number: 3241/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wedding dress. Silk garment is long, with a flaring skirt, V neck, and long bell shaped sleeves that flare widely toward the wrists and come to a hanging point at bottom. Dress is heavily embroidered in repeating small gold circular motifs lying in diagonal stripes across the dress, on a light tan ground. Panels of heavy embroidery are sewn into the shoulders and sleeves of the dress, the torso, along the sides of the skirt, and bottom back hem, showing chevrons, flowers and other motifs in orange, red, green and purple on a red and orange ground. The interior is unlined.
Narrative
Purchased by the donor at a shop in Jerusalem, in 1970.
Item History
- Made in Palestine ? before 1914
- Collected during 1970
- Owned by Raymond Hall before May 9, 2017
- Received from Raymond Hall (Donor) on May 9, 2017
What
- Name
- Wedding Dress
- Identification Number
- 3241/1
- Type of Item
- dress
- Material
- silk fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 141.0 cm, width 157.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Palestinian
- Previous Owner
- Raymond Hall
- Received from
- Raymond Hall (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Palestine ?
When
- Creation Date
- before 1914
- Collection Date
- during 1970
- Ownership Date
- before May 9, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on May 9, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3241/0001