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those curious about some Israeli embroideryIsraeli embroidery
Oct 10, 2010
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Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
I bet in real life they're just exquisite. I can just imagine the light hitting the metallic threads and the way the colors sing together! That only comes across in shadowed form in photographs.
thanks for sharing, Mirjam!
sue
Lovely stuff.
C
Thanks for the link.
You are welcome the Israel Museum in Jerushalyim has many wonderful examples, Also there are many researches done on Costumes and all related materials in Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East. soon they will have an English translation
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on their sitei just bought a bookGarments with a message , Ethnography of Jewish Wear in Islamic lands,By Aviva Muller-Lancet ,Ben Zvi Institute , Jerusalem 2010 If you are interested in Authentic Clothes there are some very interesting books around ,,, But one should take care to make a difference between real research and `westernized` point of view. mirjam
here is some more very clear pics
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