Waist girdle no. 105

Girdle (uçkur/uşgur) made of silk in its natural colour. It has a loom-woven selvedge (kenar) on one long side and a narrow hem made with the sewing machine on the other three sides. Both narrow ends are decorated with three bouquets of four embroidered flowers repeated in a series. Each bouquet consists of two different types of flowers; one type is a four- or five-petalled flower and the other small blossoms on either side of a stem made with a gold metal wire (tel). The flowers and the thin curved leaves are filled with fine stitch (dolgu işi) in light blue colour. The two golden stems are crossed in the middle and the small blossoms are repeated – two on either side of the stem – below the crossing. All three are similar. Below the patterns runs a horizontal wavy tendril with leaves, also in light blue. Curved lines and stems are made in backstitch (iğne ardı). Width: 19cm. Length: 2.00m. Very similar to Nos 101 and 102.