Textile Item Number: 3357/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Rectangular suzani textile composed of four long pieces of beige cotton fabric stitched together on the long edges. Textile is embroidered with floral designs in silk thread. There are two small bands of repeating red flowers with dark green leaves and stem within a dark red chain-stitched border. Between the two outer bands are large circular flowers, separated by a diagonal leaf(?) in green with red outline. Some embroidered designs have been repaired with bright red or bright pink thread - fixing chain stitching or other stitches.
Given to the donors by a man in Jerusalem who owned several shops where he sold similar items. He said he collected the pieces himself, in the area around Jerusalem and in Jordan.