Embroidered front apron

NameApron

CultureBalkan

Place madeShkodra (Skutari), Albania, Eastern Europe, Europe

MediumCotton, sliver/gold metallic thread, wool

Dimensions19 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (49 × 16 cm)
Length: middle of front waist to end of fringe/w

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald Wixman and Stephen Glaser, A.2015.13.4

Object numberA.2015.13.4

DescriptionWorn on special occasions, the gold and silver metallic threads are couched to form circular/dot patterns. The embroidered area is completely trimmed with yellow cotton commercial tape with heart pattern. The red fringe averaging 21 cm is of twisted thread. A woven cotton tape in tan, red, blue, yellow and gray forms the waist and belt.