Textile Item Number: 3357/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Rectangular suzani textile composed of three long pieces of beige cotton fabric stitched together on the long edges. Textile is embroidered with silk thread. At centre is a large eight-point star with floral designs within and around the star. There are two small bands of repeating red flowers on a light grey-green vine within a red chain-stitched border. Between the two outer bands are large circular flowers, separated by a diagonal blue vine(?) with alternating yellow and red strip down the centre and small flower flanking each side.
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.