New Bride's Dress

NameEnsemble

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1910

(not assigned)Bitolski Podmariovski Sela, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe

MediumCotton, wool, silk, glass beads, metal, polyester

Credit LineThe Ronald Wixman/Stephen Glaser Collection, Gift of Bernard W. Ziobro

Object numberV.2018.19.1-8

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

DescriptionDress from this area-between the Pelagonia Plain villages and the Mariovo villages on a high plateau-shows elements of both places. The chemise and apron are similar to those of the lower villages, while the use of the ubrus on the head and fringes on the outer klashenik are similar to Mariovo. On the shoulders is pinned a black woolen braid, prtzle, that hangs below the fringe of the ubrus. The recently married woman would dress this way on Sundays, festive occasions, and weddings for the first year after the wedding or until she gave birth. Other elements of the outfit include the skopetz coin jewelry and the dickey, grlo, ornamented with embroidery, sequins, and beads (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).

Parts of Ensemble: A.2005.42.7, Belt: Belt
Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.15, Chemise: Kosula, c. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.22, False Braid: Kocel (Kopets), c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.28, Dickey: Grlce, ca. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.37, Head cloth: Ubrus, ca. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.40, Neck piece: Kopec, ca. 1900
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.7, Sleeveless Jacket: Jelek, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2010.6.111, Apron: Pregac, c. 1910