Salvare/shalvare

NamePants

CultureOttoman influence/Muslim

Dateca. 1875

Place madePrizen, Kosovo/Macedonia (contested), Europe

MediumSilk, cotton, tape/ribbon, metallic thread

Dimensions40 3/4 × 62 3/16 in. (103.5 × 158 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bernard and Susan Ziobro, A.2016.1.40

Object numberA.2016.1.40

DescriptionReflecting an urban, late Ottoman influence, these navy blue silk trousers have four gold tapes with metallic threads and a vining leaf pattern evenly spaced on front and back. In the center, on both sides, are the same pattern of couched metallic braids of varying widths on a lighter blue ground. They are rectangular at the waist and fall to a a triangular shape. At both leg openings are other couched patterns with points going up. The hem braid couching is on a yellow cotton. The trousers are fully lined in cotton with small red flower and brown-stem leaf pattern. There is a drawstring waist.