Waist girdle no. 108

Girdle (uçkur/uşgur) made of silk. Simple hem on all sides. A drawn thread in the middle indicates that it was intended to cut the piece lengthwise and make two girdles. The decoration on the narrow ends of the first girdle comprises the same upright flower as one of the two patterns of Nos 107 and 112. Two similar seven-petalled flowers, embroidered with blue thread, are repeated side by side. The stem and centre of the flower are bright yellow, the leaves beige with dark green outline. Linear motifs between the petals are turned into a spiral under the flowers and under the leaves. Three stars between the two flowers, two of them pink and the middle one yellow, in a vertical arrangement, complete the adornment for the first girdle. Exactly the same patterns are repeated on the other end. The only slight difference is that one petal is completed with dark blue thread. The same type of flowers but with five petals and in dark red (purple) colour form the decoration for the second girdle. Three star-shaped motifs with a hole in the centre are vertically arranged between the flowers, two purple and one pink in the centre. The other end is decorated with the same patterns and colour combination, with the exception of the three stars which are all dark red/purple. The embroidery is made with two different stitches (filling stitch, dolgu işi, and backstitch, iğne ardı). Total width: 26cm, 13cm each girdle. Length: 1.66m.