DescriptionEmbroidery, or "tatreez", was typically used to ornament dresses and garments -- a highly prized object in a Palestinian woman's life once completed. When a dress is no longer wearable, it is culturally frowned upon to discard the embroidery. Instead, Palestinian women reused and recycled the embroidery onto pillows, tablecloths and various household items. This pillow was made from an embroidered chest panel that appears to have been originally produced in the early 20th century for an Al-Khalil (Hebron) dress. It become a pillow by 1972, when it was purchased by an American tourist in Jerusalem.