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Name of Object:

Wedding dress

Name in original language:

Thob-Ikhdari

Location:

Amman, Jordan

Holding Institution:

Jordan Museum for Costumes and Jewellery, Department of Antiquities

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Date of Object:

Late 19th century – early 20th century

Inventory Number:

71,103

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Linen with silk; hand weaving, hand embroidered, natural dyes

Dimensions:

Height 145 cm, bottom circumference 94 cm

Provenance:

Palestine, Bethlehem area

Description:

The main fabric of this wedding dress is linen with silk selvedge stripes, with red and yellow taffeta inserts in the sleeves and skirt; the chest panel is couched with gilt cord and yellow, green and purple silk cord, and filled with multi-coloured stain and herringbone stitches. Palestinian weavers used manual spindles to prepare the cotton and linen threads imported from Egypt. Ashkelon weavers used light vertical hand looms (Majdalawi looms) to produce linen fabrics, while silk fabrics were spindled, died and woven in Syria. The Jordanian economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries relied on trade and crafts; new waves of people started to come to Jordan to participate in those industries. This object shows the diverse population composition of Jordan at that time, through personal attire, fashion, local costumes and rites.

Citation of this web page:

Huda Kilani "Wedding dress" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;jo;3;en

Prepared by: Huda Kilani
Copyedited by: Daniel de la VegaDaniel de la Vega

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MWNF Working Number: JO 003

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