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NameVest

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1900

(not assigned)North Macedonia (Formerly Republic of Macedonia), Southeastern Europe, Europe

Place madeDebarsko Pole, Macedonia, Europe

MediumCotton, wool, silk, metallic thread

Dimensions17 5/16 × 17 1/8 in. (44 × 43.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bernard and Susan Ziobro, A.2016.1.20

Object numberA.2016.1.20

DescriptionRed wool, sleeveless vest with a cotton lining with black floral and leaf print. It has an orange (silk?) couched edging all over. There are two dark-blue gussets at the waist opening that give added shape. Couched braid in metallic and silk threads cover the side seams. The front is heavily decorated in couched metallic thread (silver and gold) and silk thread (pink, orange, dark blue, teal blue, purple, fuschia, and orange) creating elaborate geometric designs.