Embroidered piece of cloth for girdle no. 115

Cotton cloth, off-white with selvedge on both long sides. The narrow ends are cut. The decoration on the narrow sides comprises five groups of flower patterns separated lengthwise by pencil lines, marking the cuttings for making five girdles. Each pattern consists of groups of motifs arranged in two rows. On the upper row, a thick wavy line encloses within its curves a composition of three stems with leaves and flowers on top, four in all. Below this, in the second row, the same pattern is repeated in a simplified form, only three stems in each curve. This row was not finished, since three of the patterns are marked in pencil but not embroidered. The stitches applied are stem stitch (sap işi) and filling stitch (dolgu işi) for the flowers. The colours used are dark green, light mauve, beige, lilac, purple and orange, in different combinations. Total width: 87cm. Width of the individual girdles, according to the marking: 17.5cm, 17cm, 16.5cm, 18cm and 18cm, respectively. Length: 2.12m.