Framed tatreez panel — Beit Nuba cypress, 25 × 25 cm
By Rania Barakat · Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
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A small framed panel in the Beit Nuba cypress pattern. Red and dark green thread on undyed linen. The cypress is the tree most associated with this village's embroidery. Ready to hang.
Four weeks of stitching, mostly in the evenings. Mounted on card and framed in a simple dark wood frame.
The person who made this.
I do tatreez — Palestinian cross-stitch. My mother taught me using thread and linen she kept from before I was born. Every village has its own patterns. Mine are from Beit Nuba, the village my grandmother left in 1948. The patterns are how we remember a place we cannot visit. I work on commission pieces and I work on thobs — the traditional dress. I will not make tatreez that is not rooted in a real pattern from a real place. If you want something decorative but invented, I am not the right person. If you want something that means something, send me a message.