Alison Moloney and Rachel Dedman discuss the garmentswhich opened the show Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery, which reflect the everyday clothing rural Palestinian women wore in the early twentiethcentury. Rachel is the Jameel Curator of Contemporary Art from the Middle East at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and curated Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery which was held at Kettle’s Yard,Cambridge, and The Whitworth, Manchester, between 2023-2024.