Cotton Abaya or Caftan

White tunic-dress with arms spread and red embroidery down its chest and skirt.

This embroidered cotton abaya or caftan dates to the 20th century. The abaya and the caftan are long, loose garments worn in many parts of the Middle East and North Africa, and they exist in countless regional forms. Long, A-line white dress with wide sleeves held open. Dense red stitching covers the chest panel and cuffs, and narrow vertical panels of red and pink thread run down the front and side seams. It is 51.5 inches wide and 53 long.

Arms wide open and decorated to the hem.