New bride's dress

NameEnsemble

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1910

Place madeDolni Polog, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe

MediumCotton, wool, rayon, metallic thread, metal, glass beads, paper

Credit LineGift of Bernard W. Ziobro, Gift of the Macedonian Arts Council

Object numberV.2018.7.1-12

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

DescriptionA blouse, whose lower sleeves and ruffled front show, was worn under the chemise. It has the same shape and name, koshulche, as that worn in the villages at the foot of Suva Gora Mountain. The lines of black embroidery on the back of the chemise are 13 in. long. They were stitched with thick wool yarn in a technique that created relief. The density of the lines indicates that this garment is a bridal chemise that a newly married woman would have worn on Sundays and feast days for the first few years after her marriage. The chemise typically has metallic thread work, the amount reflecting the wealth of the bride's family. A bride would have worn more jewelry at the wedding, as well as different headwear. A large, vertically striped apron, zaviatchka, is worn over a smaller, horizontally striped apron, skutinche (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).

Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.140, Overcoat: Saltevene, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.141, Vest: Eleche, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.62, Chemise: Kosula, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.63, Apron: Skutinche, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.65, Head Scarf: Head Scarf, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.2ab, Pair of hairpins: Shikoy, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.3, Headdress: Votus, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.35, Flower bouquet: Flower bouquet, 20th century
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.36, Flower bouquet: Flower bouquet, 20th century
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.4, Hat: Kapa, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.5, Apron: Zavyachka, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.6, Blouse: Kosulche, c. 1910