Jacket Item Number: 3448/48 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Long-sleeved black velvet shirt with large, blue, rectangular, embroidered panel covering the front. The cross stitch embroidery is mainly medium and light blue with some areas in a dark blue. It is composed of many repeating geometric designs in rows. For each shoulder, there is a small black ribbon with sewn on snap button closures.

Narrative

Purchased by the donor from a shop called "Bedouin Art" in the old city, Jerusalem, in the late 1990s.