DepartmentTextiles-Europe
Young woman's festival dress
NameEnsemble
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1900
(not assigned)Villages under Suva Gora, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe
MediumCotton, wool, metallic thread, metal, glass beads, silk, possibly synthetic fibers
Credit LineGift of Bernard W. Ziobro, Gift of the Macedonian Arts Council, The Ronald Wixman/Stephen Glaser Collection.
Object numberV.2018.8.1-12
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
DescriptionThere are five villages at the foot of Suva Gora Mountain where women wore this style of dress. The fitted sleeves with embroidery at the shoulder of the chemise are unique in the Macedonian repertoire. A chemise from the mid-nineteenth century would have the proportions of wool and silver-gilt thread embroidery reversed. The model wears a blouse, a chemise, a sleeveless coat of striped cotton with silver-gilt decoration on the fronts, a white cotton coat, saya rhkae, with vestigial sleeves covered in maroon pompoms, small and large aprons tied over a wool sash, a printed scarf tucked in at the waist, and a coin necklace called gyerdan. On the head is worn a glaina or braid holder that straps under the chin, a head scarf, and a pin, igla. Women wore igla in other parts of the country as well. (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.42, Turban Pin: Igla, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.52, Necklace: Gjerdan, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.66, Apron: Skutinche, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.67, Apron: Zaciachka, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.71, Chemise: Kosula, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.72, Sash: Pojas, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.73, Blouse: Kosulche, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.74, Vest: Elek, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.75, Vest: Saya r'kae, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.76, Scarf: Krpa, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.77, Braid holder: Glaina so Pobanik, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.77.15, Waist scarf: Waist scarf, c. 1900
