Wedding dress

NameEnsemble

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1920

Place madeKicheviya, North Macedonia, Balkan Peninsula/Southeast Europe, Europe

MediumCotton, wool, metal, metallic thread, silk, glass beads

Credit LineThe Ronald Wixman/Stephen Glaser Collection

Object numberV.2018.22.1-8

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

DescriptionThe bride was led from her house to the church covered with a hood fashioned from a Miyak man's wide wool sash; the groom's family provided the sash for this purpose. She wore this hood during the church service. The best man finally removed it when she arrived at the groom's house. This was customary in Kicheviya, Zheleznik, and Debarsko Pole. Sometimes a length of red cotton fabric was sewn into a hood, replacing the woven sash. The use of a man's sash provided by the groom's family symbolized the joining of the bride to the groom (Young Brides, Old Treasures: Macedonian Embroidered Dress, edited by Bobbie Sumberg, 2011).

Parts of Ensemble: A.2008.7.1, Dickey: grlo, c. 1910
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.13, Silver chain: Nizalka, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.36, Chemise: Kosula, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.37, Jacket: Jelek, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.39, Kerchief: Krpa, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.4, Sash, man's: Pojas, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.41, Jacket: Jelek, c. 1920
Parts of Ensemble: A.2009.15.42, Apron: Pregaca, c. 1920