Lower part of a pantaloon
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736
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Ind. no. 220: A rectangular piece of cotton woven textile with dense, pefkoto embroidery, typical of the Karpas (karpasitiko) style, with a series of stylised trees at the upper end. It adorned the lower part of a pantaloon. The predominant colours are red and blue, namely the oldest colours used in such embroideries, with a touch of olive green and yellow. One edge is finished with thick crochet lace (pipilla smiliou) (see a similar design in a povratzin from Fyti, in Pierides 1980, pl. I:b).
Dimensions: 47.5 x 28.5 cm. The embroidery extends to a height of 24 cm.
Bibliography:
E. Ριζoπoύλoυ-Ηγoυμεvίδoυ, Η Εθνογραφική Συλλογή του Ομίλου Λαϊκής, Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Ομίλου Λαϊκής, Λευκωσία 2006, 288 σελίδες.