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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

CROSS STITCH, CUSHION COVER

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Overview

Finely executed all over cross stitch embroidery on cotton canvas cushion cover from Syria, purchased in 2006.

A wide variety of geometrical patterns, many of them symbolic, well designed fitting into a house outline.

Traditional colours - mainly red (symbolic of fertility), red purple, yellow and tan,

The cushion has a piped edge: the fabric backing is cotton and has a zip opening.

A black cotton label at the back in Arabic translates as: “Al-Ikhlas Exhibition for Jalabiyas and Oriental Embroidery, Amman, Malhas Market.” Bottom row are numbers.

Markets in Amman are also called souks. Souk Jara is a market in Amman, Jordan founded in 2005, a major tourist attraction lying next to Rainbow Street in Jabal Amman. It features handicrafts, antiques, crafts, food, streetwear, art and traditional products from around the Kingdom.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-78-2023.121

Width

370 mm

Height or length

370 mm

Last modified

Monday, 18 August, 2025

Completeness

61

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