Skip to main content
Embroidered Vest
Embroidered Vest
Embroidered Vest
DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Embroidered Vest

NameVest
Date1920-1940
Place madePec, Kosovo, Eastern Europe, Europe
MediumFelt, cotton, embroidery thread of cotton and wool, cardboard.
Dimensions17 5/16 × 18 1/2 in. (44 × 47 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald Wixman and Stephen Glaser, A.2015.13.42
Object numberA.2015.13.42
DescriptionThis vest features gorgeous plum-colored embroidery at the front and back yolk, with black edging embroidery. The back is black and red stripe felt. The piece is lined with striped cotton (worn and stained) and a red felt edging at neck and opening. The front is stiffened using pieces of carboard, sandwhiched between the striped cotton, red felt, and the plum embroidery.
Hundred-Bird Festival Coat (bainiaoyi)
Artist unrecorded
20th century
Jacket
.c.1910
Lepo zobance
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1890
Taqsireh
Artist unrecorded
late nineteenth-early twentieth century
New bride's dress
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1920
Zoban
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1910
Klashenik
Early-mid 20th century
Thobe
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1910
Coat-dress (Qaftan or Yelek)
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1880