EMBROIdERY & DRESS Donations
The Tatreez Institute (TI) accepts traditional Palestinian, Syrian, Jordanian and Lebanese dress and embroidery donations for preservation, documentation and research purposes only. Donations will never be sold. The TI has not and will not ever sell donations. Dress donations, if accepted into the collection, are considered to be culturally and historically valuable, preserved for research and educational purposes only. Under certain circumstances, the dresses may be stewarded to the appropriate cultural institution and in collaboration with the donor. If you have traditional dresses that are not from the region and you need support in identifying the appropriate cultural institution to accept the donation, please contact Wafa at wafa@tatreezandtea.com.
If you are interested in donating embroidery, please fill out the form below. You may send images to Wafa at wafa@tatreezandtea.com. Requests to donate to the TI are determined based on a number of ethical determinants, such as bandwidth, conservation needs, storage capacity, and more.
Wafa studying a Palestinian thobe, donated to the TI and stewarded to the Museum of the Palestinian People (2022)
The same Palestinian thobe as part of Wafa’s first exhibition “TATREEZ INHERITANCE” (2023) in Washington, DC
Wafa gaining conservation and preservation experience at Tiraz Centre: Widad Kawar Home for Arab Dress in Amman, Jordan (2023)
In the field, Tiraz Centre, Amman Jordan (2023)
Studying a Ramallah thobe in the Met’s collection (MMA 45.113) in December, 2023
Material analysis at GWU Textile Museum (2023)