DepartmentTextiles-Europe
Wedding dress. crnetica.
NameEnsemble
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1900
Place madeSkopska Blatiya, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe
MediumCotton, wool, metal, metallic thread, linen, silk, glass beads
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, mixed MNM and IFAF collections.
FA numbers: Gift of Bernard W. Ziobro, The Ronald Wixman/Stephen Glaser Collection, IFAF Collection.
Object numberV.2018.2.1-9
ProvenanceThe Macedonian Arts Council, from 2007-2010, presented as a gift to the Museum of International Folk Art 25 ensembles of multiple pieces. While a small number of the pieces were purchased, the majority of the costumes were donated to the Arts Council by collectors based in the United States and Macedonia.
DescriptionThe ensemble is named after the black-embroidered chemise, or koshula cretica, which was adapted from the chemise worn in neighboring Skopska Crna Gora. The other el-ements, such as the sleeveless wool coat decorated with pompoms, the apron, and head scarf, are typically Skopska Blatiya style. The bridal coat or kyurdiya has more rows of red pompoms than would the kyurdiya worn by a recently married or older woman. A bride would deliberately wear the apron pooched out so that she appeared to be pregnant (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.25V, Neck piece: Gjerdan, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.51, Chemise: Koshula cernetica, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.10, Vest: Kjurdiya, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.11, Apron: Vuta Sotrikolsa
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.12, Inner-Vest: Elek, ca. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.13, Scarf: Krpa, ca. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.14, Belt: Pojas, ca. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: FA.1972.26.1 D, Belt: Belt, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: FA.1972.26.2 D, Sash: Peskir, c. 1900 - 1920
