KOR06 - Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) inv.no.606
Gender information of the object:
Type:
Source:
Historical and Folklore Museum of Corinth - Alkmini Petropoulou – Gartagani Collection
Code:
113
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Noly Moyssi
Description:
Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) made of black woollen fabric at the front and black velvet at the back, with a vertical opening at the front. The back and sides are made of a single piece of black velvet. The vertical slit in the middle of the back is cross-fastened by a black ribbon. The front consists of two equal pieces of black woollen fabric. At the bottom are button-holes trimmed with gaitania (braids), to which are attached loops made of gaitania and buttons made of twisted woollen braid and ending with tassels. There is a semi-circular opening at the neck, around the inside of which is a striped seiriti (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit). On the right side is a vase-shaped pocket made of green and black woollen fabric. Above it there is an embroidered rectangular pattern of blue thread and a square motif made of green and orange thread. The whole front part of the yelekkin is decorated with braids, seiritia and threads which create a variety of decorative motifs, scrolls, spirals, lozenges and wickerwork embroidery. The yelekkin is fully lined with white cotton material.