KOR25 Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) inv.no.663

Yelekkin (waistcoat, turk. yelek) is made of black velvet at the front and striped multi-coloured fabric at the back, with a triangular opening at the front. The back and sides are made of a single piece of black velvet. The vertical slit in the back is cross-fastened by a ribbon of green colour. The front consists of two equal pieces of black velvet. At the bottom are button holes trimmed with gaitania (braids), to which are attached loops made of gaitania and buttons braided of threads and ending in tassels. There is a triangular opening at the neck, around the inside of which is a striped seiriti (cords, ribbons turk. şirit/şerit). On the right side is a vase-shaped pocket made of three different fabrics, white, pink and blue colour. The yelekkin is fully lined with white cotton material, and the opening at the front is lined with black velvet. On the inside there is an unreadable blue stamp.