Palmyra Sukhneh Syrian Heritage Wedding Dress and EmbroiderdCostume Coats

I have collected this type of silk embroidery for over forty years now. The heavily embroidered long coats, dresses, and skirts are Trousseau articles of clothing and less embroidered pieces were for daily use. On my my YouTube channel I published the collection featuring six skirts and over four of the coats and two dresses all of this Oasis called Sukhneh inside Queen Zenobia’s kingdom during the Roman times.

Syria Palmyra Oasis Wedding Embroidery

Syria Goddess and Costume Dresses Ebla Area in Sarakeb Idlib.

For years of have been collection Syrian heritage and traditional textiles and costumes and finally get to share them with textile lovers on my YouTube Channel. Video is best for showcasing these wonderful dresses embroidered with layers of history and mythology.

Sarakib Goddess Embroidered Traditional Syrian dresses

Aida Dalati Syria Traditional Arts Channel on YouTube

Full video featuring the Hama Silkworm Vintage Syrian Heritage Dresses and how they are made now available on YouTube. I managed to collect seven of these Hama Syria Dresses but they have disappeared for good. They are a labor of love and were included in the trousseau of brides to be in the city of Hama in Syria. The cocoons and the mulberry trees have gone for good but the story about these dresses lives on.

Hama silkworm dresses in the Syria Traditional Art video

Hama Silkworm handmade and dyed dresses. Syria

MY Syrian Costume Collection Needs A Home

I have been collecting Syria costumes since I was seventeen and now have them from all over Syria. Village, city, and Bedouin dresses and coats. Thisimage is a side panel on my Sukhneh Coat ( town near Palmyra). Silk floss on satin backed cotton. Palm like trees and carnations symbolize renewal and fertility. The pine trees above the amulets ( fertility triangles) express the area these women lived in which happened to be an Oasis full of trees. This art form stopped all together in the sixties . Typically women embroidered one complete set ( long jacket, skirt, and occasionally an under-dress) as sunlight and the financial well-being of the embroiderer-bride were important & deciding factors that effected the building of personal wardrobe.