Pantaloons (povratzin)

Ind. no. 222: Piece of thick cotton, woven textile, covered with dense, pefkoto embroidery made on the loom. The design consists of two different compositions of consecutive lozenges in black and red. Yellow/gold and silver threads, used in a lesser extend for the fillings, illuminate the dark-coloured embroidery. The fabric is rectangular in shape. On one side, there is a finish of thick decorative braid, roughly made of blue thread. This textile piece comprises the lower end of women's pantaloons (povratzin), a characteristic element of the costume of Paphos and Karpass. The embroidered lower part of pantaloons was visible under the chemise and the sayia (for similar examples see Pieridou 1976, pl. III). Dimensions: 57 x 24.5 cm.