ΜΓ 89
A man’s double-breasted vest of cotton alatzia with stripes of different thickness in burgundy, blue, yellow and white. The lining that covers the entire vest on the inside is made of beige cotton fabric.
Each of the two front parts of the garment consists of two fabric panels: the outer panel, that crosses when the vest is closed, is triangular (height: 45-47.5 cm, hypotenuse: 44 cm, base: 17 cm); the inner panel is rectangular, with the curved cut of the armhole in its upper part. The rectangular side panels of the front continue as a single panel at the back, forming the upper part of the back at a height of 27 cm. Lower down, the back is completed with a densely-woven cotton fabric (height: 26.5 cm, width: 42 cm). On either side of the vest, there is a 7 cm long opening.
An upright reinforced collar, 1.5 cm in height, is decorated with machine stitching of white thread forming consecutive lozenges. The collar is trimmed externally by black cord that reaches a little above the lower edge of the opening (9 cm above the edge). At the triangular opening of the breast, it is externally reinforced by a cord with tiny button-shaped elements. Decorative bands of machine-made stitches, with a zig-zag line between two parallels, extend along the outer end of the rectangular panels and the diagonal side of the triangular panels, at the opening of the vest.
A pocket on the right side is lined internally in the section of the horizontal opening, with a piece of alatzia fabric at a height of 4 cm (pocket height: 16 cm, pocket width: 13 cm, length of external opening: 6 cm). The horizontal opening is decorated with blue-red braid and trimmed with a band featuring a zig-zag line between parallel lines, all made of off-white machine stitches. At the centre of the upper side of the opening, a tri-branched schematized vegetal ornament is also formed with machine stitches.
Red and blue braid also surrounds the armholes. The centre of the back of each opening is decorated with a tassel of frayed braid.
On the bottom edge of the vest, the hem is handmade with blue and white thread, whereas along the armholes and around the opening of the neck, machine stitches may be discerned.
Height: 56 cm.
Width: 31.5 cm on the shoulders, 47 cm at the waist (folded).
Date of entry to the Collection: 1978
Provenance: Theletra, Pafos – Purchase.