The Palestinian Museum permanent collection

Tobacco Pouch

A tobacco pouch made of black cotton and linen with a square shape and embroidered in the Fallahi (peasant) cross-stitch in geometric and plant shapes. Its tatreez (embroidery) is comprised of red silk threads with small stitch patterns in violet, pink, green and other colours. The back has dense tatreez and its edges and face are decorated with blue, red, and white beads and Ottoman coins. Hanging from the bottom are silk tassels with white beads at the ends.

Jalaya

Jalaya (overcoat) thobe from the Akka region made from linen, it is open from the top of the chest panel to the bottom of the thobe. This thobe is distinguished by its minimal tatreez (embroidery). The tatreez it does have is comprised of silk threads in straight lines from top to bottom. The chest panel of the thobe is made of Ottoman cloth used in making a man’s qumbaz (coat), and on its open edges is crochet knitting in orange and red colours.

Taqsireh

Taksiri (overcoat) from the town of Dura in the Hebron area made of black cotton and embroidered with predominately red silk threads. It has a cotton lining and is embroidered with dense tatreez (embroidery) made with the Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch all over the front and back panels, the sleeves, and the shoulders. Its tatreez is comprised of plant shapes, especially the rose and cypress stitch patterns. The back rudha (upper back neckline) has embroidered motifs of children.

Tobacco Pouch

A tobacco pouch made of beige cotton and linen with a square shape and embroidered in the Fallahi (peasant) cross-stitch in geometric and plant shapes. Its tatreez (embroidery) is comprised of red silk threads with tiny tatreez shapes in yellow, blue, green and other colours. Its edges are decorated with pinkish beads from which hang short silk tassels.

Bride of Isdud thobe

An Isdud wedding thobe (dress) from the Gaza area made of black handmade linen dyed with indigo stitched with a Fallahi (peasant) cross stitch made of predominately red silk thread overlapping with yellow, pink, orange, and blue. The chest panel of the thobe is triangular and embroidered with squares arranged in a triangle and surrounded by cypress etchings from above and below. Plant and geometric shapes are embroidered from the shoulders of the thobe to the end of the sleeves, ending with a cypress stitch pattern.

Buqja toiletries storer

A buqja (part of the bride’s trousseau used to store toiletries) made of purple velvet, square in shape, and embroidered with plant shapes in tahriri stitches (couching) making up a type of tatreez (embroidery) known as surma for its gilded gold threads and decorated with rhinestones.