Waist girdle no. 116

Girdle (uçkur/uşgur) made of beige, factory-produced cotton cloth. One long side has a loom-woven selvedge (kenar), the other three a hem made with the sewing machine. The two narrow sides are ornamented with the same flower pattern embroidered with gold wire (tel) in filling (dolgu işi) stitch. The flowers are arranged on either side of a horizontal band which has one straight side and the other wavy. There are five flowers with stems on each side, completely filled with gold wire (tel) and outlined with gold thread in backstitch (iğne ardı). They are similar with the double-faced (çevre) embroidery. It seems that the metal gold thread had finished before they completed the same pattern of the other side; therefore, the last flower was partly filled with two colours, green and mauve, thus adding some colour to the monochrome decoration. Width: 21cm. Length: 2.38m.