THE SUN IS SHINING AND THE BIRDS ARE CHIRPING. TIME TO BUST OUT THE SPRING CLOTHES.
Perhaps you might try this fantastic Yemenite-embroidered top on for size? The donor purchased this blouse during her honeymoon in a shop called Esther’s in Jerusalem. Many immigrant women earned money by embroidering articles of clothing using traditional decorative motifs to be purchased by tourists.
Blouse decorated with Yemenite embroidery
Israel, 1953
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum
Gift of Charlotte Schneierson
