DepartmentTextiles-Europe
Telyem dilyke
NameApron
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1925
Place madeKyustendi, Bulgaria, Europe
MediumWool, metallic thread, cotton
Dimensions23 5/8 × 18 1/8 in. (60 × 46 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bernard and Susan Ziobro, A.2016.1.16
Object numberA.2016.1.16
DescriptionFormal apron made of warp-woven, horizontal stripes of metallic threads (silver and gold), and wools in brown, green blue, and tan cotton. The apron has a hem selvage of yellow. Black cotton tape surrounds the four sides. There is one tie of blue wool (2cm) and one of black cotton (70 cm).ca. 1875