Name of Object:

Tunic (Djellaba)

Name in original language:

Túnica (Chilaba)

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

Museum of Costume, Ethnographical Heritage Research Centre

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo del Traje, CIPE

Date of Object:

c. 1930 – c. 1940

Author:

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949)

Inventory Number:

MT088393

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Cotton; tabby or plain weave, printed

Dimensions:

Height 114 cm

Provenance:

Venice

Description:

Djellaba made in tabby or plain weave, with a striped decoration from the different wefts thread colours. The origin of this design was travels by Fortuny to North Africa in the 1930s.

Type of Object

Fashion; costume

Citation of this web page:

Elvira González "Tunic (Djellaba)" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;114;en

Prepared by: Elvira González
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 114