Woman's best dress of heavy black linen embroidered in red silk with accents
- Title
- Woman's best dress of heavy black linen embroidered in red silk with accents
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Clark, Ava Milam, 1884-1976
- Description
- Woman's best dress of heavy black linen embroidered in red silk with accents of yellow, pink, grey, blue, orange, purple and lavender; round neckline with center slit; square chest panel, heavily embroidered; vertical bands of embroidery extend upwards from the lower edge with a deep border across back edge; long, triangular bell sleeves embellished with narrow bands; embroidery of floral and geometric patterns.
- Motif
- Floral Geometric
- Work Type
- dresses (garments)
- Location
- Syria
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.009.009
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Linen Silk
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- The chest panel, called "Qabbeh", is the most significant part of the dress. It protects the wearer's fertility and serves as an amulet.
