Embroidered piece of cloth for girdle no. 114

White cotton cloth with loom-woven selvedge on one long side; the other three sides are cut. On both narrow ends the same embroidered pattern, a row of eight groups of flowers, is repeated eight times. Each group is a synthesis of three flowers repeated on either side of a horizontal zigzag line running in the middle. Each flower has three petals and one leaf on either side of its stem, forming a V. The embroidery is made with simple filling stitch (dolgu işi). All stems and the zigzag line are embroidered with orange thread in backstitch (iğne ardı; ardın ardın = backwards) or sap işi stitch (sap = stalk, stem, also to deviate, to turn off in a different direction). The flowers are mauve and lilac, only six of them completely green. The same colours are used for the leaves. Between each group of flowers, on both sides, there are vertical lines made with a pencil to mark the cutting in order to make eight separate girdles (uçkur/uşgur). Width: 76cm, 9.5cm for each girdle. Length: 2.10m.