New bride's dress

NameEnsemble

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1900

Place madePrilepsko Pole, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe

MediumCotton, wool, metal, metallic thread, glass beads, bast fiber

Credit LineThe Ronald Wixman/Stephen Glaser Collection, Gift of Bernard W. Ziobro, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hennessey

Object numberV.2018.21.1-19

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

DescriptionAlong with the fifteen items already on this mannequin, including three long black belts, a bride would also have worn another apron, a pair of short knitted wristlets, and two other pieces of head gear at her wedding. Coins decorate the neckpiece, called gyerdan, several jewelry chains, and two belts visible from the back. The city of Prilep is abou north-northeast of Bitola, but the similarities between wedding clothing from these two Bryak areas are unmistakable (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).