vest

ΜΓ 392 Double-breasted vest of plaid cotton alatzia fabric in vibrant and bright colours, red, green and blue. The vest consists of two pieces of fabric on the front and a single piece at the back. It closes on either side with two rows of seven surviving purple knit buttons, one row in each part of the breast. The handmade buttons, that terminate at tassels from the same yarn, are fixed to the inside of the vest to a thick bundle of green threads, sewn at intervals to ten different places (nine survive on the right side) with black braid, an extension of the black loops of the buttons. Corresponding to the buttons are oblong buttonholes with a black braid along the opening and, along the perimeter, a ready-made black edging made of one straight and one wavy band. At their inner end, the buttonholes are decorated with tassels of woollen yarn in green, white, pink, red, purple and maroon. An edging of the same type as that on the buttonholes is used as decorative element in different places on the vest, in one or more superposed rows. A double edging covers the side seams and the seams on the shoulders lengthwise. On the right side of the vest a shield-shaped pocket (height: 9 cm, maximum width: 10 cm) is placed so that the centre of its horizontal opening coincides with the side seam. The pocket is framed by a braid and a single edging in the upper horizontal side, and by a double edging on the sides and at the base. It is lined with the same thick off-white loom-woven cotton fabric that covers the entire vest on the inside. A black cord on the outside and a single, double or triple edging on the inside run along the openings of the vest. There is a single border on the armholes, a triple one on the triangular neckline and a double one on the remaining edges. At the back of the vest, the double edging and the braid extend to frame a vertical opening, of a height of 20 cm, in the lower part of the back. The opening closes with a ready-made purple knit ribbon, threaded through six pairs of opposite-facing loops formed by the braid that runs along the opening. The vest, which originates from Lythrangomi, is entered into the Registry of the Museum of Yeroskipou as “Karpasitiko”. Height: 40 cm. Width: 25 cm on the shoulders, 35 cm at the waist (folded). Date of entry to the Collection: 29.10.1983 Provenance: Lythrangomi, Karpasia – Purchase from Sophocles Sophocleous.