lower end of pantaloons (povratzin)

Ind. no. 221: A rectangular piece of cotton, woven textile with dense fythkiotika patterns and a series of stylised trees at the upper end. The principal colours of the embroidered decoration are red and blue, with a little yellow and light green in the fills, which illuminate the design. This piece of textile served as the lower end of women's pantaloons (povratzin, underpants). A selvedge is discernible at one end (for a similar design, see a 19th century povratzin of Karpass in Papadimitriou 1996, 13, fig. 17). Dimensions: 46 x 30 cm. Embroidery height: 25 cm.   The povratzia inv. nos. 222, 220 and 221 were bought by Loukis Pierides from Mrs. Lewis.