europeanafashion:Jewish woman’s wrap (izar) and face veil (khiliyye) Baghdad, Iraq, late 19t
europeanafashion: Jewish woman’s wrap (izar) and face veil (khiliyye) Baghdad, Iraq, late 19th – early 20th centurySilk, gilt metal thread; veil: horsehairGift of Helene Simon and Hanina Shasha, New York, in memory of their mother, Louise Zilka n?e BashiGift of Mazli Nawi, Ramat Gan The most famous of the Baghdad workshops belonged to master weaver Menashe Yitzhak Sa'at, nicknamed Abu-al-Izan (“father of the izar”) due to the fabric wraps in which he specialised. One year after Sa'at immigrated to Israel, the izar industry in Baghdad came to an end. -- source link