Thread Memory - Embroidery from Palestine
Thu 26 Jun
|V&A Museum Dundee
A new exhibition celebrating the rich embroidery traditions of Palestine, and 45 years of Dundee’s twinning with Nablus - has opened in Dundee.
Time & Location
26 Jun 2025, 19:00 – 31 Mar 2026, 23:00
V&A Museum Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZ, UK
About the event
Explore the history of Palestinian dress and the ancient practice of elaborate hand-embroidery
Tatreez is an ancient practice of elaborate hand-embroidery, and each region of Palestine has its own distinct and identifiable style making embroidery a language as much as a craft. For centuries, a Palestinian woman’s dress – its cut, colour, textiles, stitches and motifs – reflected her life story. Written into garments are the signs of youth or grief, the marks of motherhood and rural life, as well as the traces of social, political and economic change in Palestine, from the late nineteenth century to the present.
2025 marks 45 years of Dundee’s twin city relationship with Nablus, Palestine and this exhibition takes the opportunity to spotlight Nabulsi dress and tell the story of the historic connection between Scotland and Palestine, through material from Dundee collections and Palestinian archives.
Thread Memory also features contemporary embroidered dress, including newly…