New bride's dress

NameEnsemble

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1920

Place madeEastern Slavishte, Kriva Palanka municipality, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe

Medium1920 Cotton, wool, metallic thread, nylon, paper, metal, plastic

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

Object numberV.2018.9.1-9

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

DescriptionThis dress consists of a dickey, a plain chemise embellished with lace on the sleeves and hem, a short-sleeved coat made from commercial wool fabric called kazmir, with fronts pinned back, an apron, a belt woven in the same technique as the apron, and a head scarf with flowers attached. Because it had to be purchased, kazmir had a higher value than the shayak produced at home. The municipality of Kriva Palanka borders on Serbia and Bulgaria; women on all sides of these borders wore a very similar style of dress (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).

Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.49, Apron: Telena Diljka, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.53, Belt: Pojas telen, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.55, Overcoat: Kasmir, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.56, Waist Towel: Krpa, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.17, Dickey: Gradnik or Grudniak, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.33, Necklace: Bead necklace, 20th century
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.76.37, Flower bouquet: Flower bouquet, 20th century
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.77.16, Head scarf: Head scarf, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.52, Chemise: Koshula, c. 1920