dress
- Museum number
- 2014,6001.9
- Description
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Salmon pink dress with a square neck and wide sleeves made of pleated satin. Cut work on the chest panel with silk floss embroidery. Woven silk panels on the shoulders. Chest panel and neck are lined in cotton.
- Production date
- 1960s-1970s
- Dimensions
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Length: 143 centimetres
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Width: 138 centimetres (sleeve-to-sleeve)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Acquisition notes
- Part of a gift of textiles from collected by the donor in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Abu Dhabi. Purchased by the donor in Damascus, 1980-1981. She was told the dress was from Afghanistan.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 2014,6001.9
