A Malak (King) thobe (dress) from the Bethlehem area, made of velvet fabric patterned in colours of maroon and black with tahriri stitches (couching) with gilded and silk threads in red, yellow, gold, purple, and green. The chest panel of the thobe was made of different fabrics before being placed on the thobe. It was embroidered with dense plant and geometric shapes in red, purple, green and gold, while the back of the panel was made of cotton fabric with etchings, as it was customary for a married woman to attach a piece of her husband's garments behind the chest panel (back neckline) of the thobe. The sleeves of the thobe are mradan (long triangular sleeves). Added to them are fabrics in the colours of orange and red. They are adorned with manajil (sickles) motifs and embroidered with a watch motif made with tahriri stitches in violet, red, and yellow. The chest and back panels of the thobe do not bear any tatreez (embroidery), but the sides (al-Banayiq) were made of a different fabric and then placed on the thobe. They were also embroidered with geometric shapes and watch and (manajil) sickles stitch patterns. The back/tail area of the thobe (al-Dhiyal) is decorated with the watch stitch pattern and is surrounded by a rectangle of tatreez.
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