Taqsireh, lady’s festive jacket

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Taqsireh, lady’s festive jacket
Taqsireh, lady’s festive jacket
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Short-sleeved racket (taqsireh) made of dark velvet (mukhmal), imported into Palestine from Germany and France from 1920 onwards.
Richly embroidered velvet jackets, produced in Bethlehem and the surrounding area, gradually substituted the more ancient coloured jackets for which the zone was previously famous.