KOR27 Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) inv.no.673

Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) is made of striped red and green cotton fabric, alatzia (turk. alaca), at the front and at the back, with a triangular opening at the front. The back and sides are made of a single piece of the same fabric. The vertical slit in the back is cross-fastened by a ribbon of blue colour. The front consists of two equal pieces of cotton fabric. At the bottom are button holes trimmed with gaitania (braids), to which are attached loops made of gaitania (braids) and buttons braided of threads and ending in tassels. There is a triangular opening at the neck, around the inside of which is a striped orange seiriti (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit). The same seiriti decorates all openings. On the right side is a vase-shaped pocket made of the same material and embroidered with orange and green threads. The yelekkin is fully lined with white cotton material. On the inside there is a stamp writing: ‘‘Paragogos (Producer) – Georgios Filis – Lefkosia (Nicosia) – Kypros (Cyprus)’’.