Blue silk dress with an embroidered breast piece. The embroidery on the breast piece of this dress is not traditional as such but rather a reinterpretation of the embroidery used on Jewish wedding dresses in Morocco, which often also integrated small sequins in the design, as seen in this example. This type of metal thread embroidery was a speciality of Jewish craftsmen and was used for religious covers, shoes and ceremonial dress for the henna ceremony and circumcision for young boys. The integration of small beads and pearls in the embroidery implies European influence, though the passementerie work on the edges and the buttons on the shoulders are characteristic for Moroccan handwork.