Abayah
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1925
Materials
Textile
Place of origin
Middle East
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349213
Summary
Wrapper; Abayah - An abayah (wrapper) from the Middle East, made from two pieces of handwoven handspun heavy fabric in plain weave cotton woven in wide bands of white and yellow with some bands of yellow with fine white stripes. There is simple embroidery at the back neck and down the front in matching yellow cotton thread in chain stitch. This is a man's garment.
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade