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Festive Dress from Qalamun

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Long, beige dress on a mannequin. The dress has long sleeves and buttons down the front. There is decorative stitching on the front, and along the bottom of the sleeves. The decorative stitching is red, green, yellow, and purple. The mannequin is silver with a small golden knob on top. The mannequin and dress are on a black pole. The background is white. Title: Festive Dress from Qalamun. Artist: unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
probably early 20th century
Medium:
Cotton, silk, metal wrapped thread; plain weave, embroidered
Dimensions:
306 × 624 px
Museum record:
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