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Important Embroidered Taqsireh Wedding Jacket from Bethlehem-Old Palestine, The Ottoman Period, Circa 1880 AD.

Identification Number: 626
Reserved

Description

 

This exquisite wine-colored Taqsireh jacket, dating to around 1880, showcases the rich textile heritage of Bethlehem during the Ottoman Empire.

 

Made from hand-loomed, plain felted wool fabric likely from Aleppo or Homs in Syria, it features intricate coaching embroidered techniques in vibrant shades of orange, black, blue, and yoke scarlet cords.

Nicknamed the “taqșireh mushajjara” or “arboreal jacket” due to its natural, floral-inspired embroidery along the front, back, shoulders, and sides, the jacket stands out with its tartan lining and vibrant scarlet cord embroidery accented and additionally embroidered with details by silk threads of various shades of pink, blue, purple, white, orange and green.

 

Dimensions

The jacket measures 95 cm in width including the sleeves and 48 cm in height.

Condition

Condition:

 

Despite minor moth bites and slight damage to the lining, it remains in excellent condition, likely worn only once on a wedding night and carefully preserved as a sentimental keepsake.

Provence

The UK Art Market

References

• Museum of International Folk Art in El Paso, Texas, USA, with an almost identical Taqsireh (Object number FA.1972.25.11), and additional items in their collection (such as Object number FA.1954.38.71 and A.1955.1.590 SW).

• Palestinian Costumes by Shelagh Weir, British Museum Publications, 1989, ISBN: 0-7141-1597-5 (see pages 77 & 155).

• Palestinian Costume by Jehan S. Rajab, Kegan Paul International, 1989, ISBN: 0-7103-0283-5 (see pages 42 & 46).

• Traditional Palestinian Embroidery and Jewellery by Abed Al-Samih Abu Omar, 5th Edition, Jerusalem 2005 (see pages 23, 24, 30, 31, 33, & 34).

• Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing by Iman Saca in collaboration with Maha Saca, The Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, 2006, ISBN: 1-885923-49-X.

• Collections at the Palestinian Heritage Foundation, West Caldwell, NJ, USA.

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