Povratzia

Inv. No. EE 4325: Povratzia, woven cotton fabric with loom embroideries made of hand-woven cotton threads in red, blue, light blue and yellow colours. The decoration is similar to the one found on povratzia no. 26134 of the Benaki Collection. The solid pefkoton feggaroton design, which characterises the lower ends of the vratzia worn as part of the Karpasia and Pafos female attire with sayia, consists of 18 vertical rows with consecutive lozenges in alternating blue and red colours. The big lozenges contain four smaller ones, each with a yellow coloured inside filling. Stylized trees, foinitzies (=palm tree) in a row, decorate the top long side of each povratzin. The bottom long side is sewn with a hem, and at the same side a decorative band made of two blue weft lines and a red one in the middle, extend along the edge of the embroidered area. Along their top long side, the two pieces of cloth are sewn together. Their narrow sides have been cut and at the one side of each piece another small piece of cotton cloth has been stitched. Dimensions: 54x25x42 cm. Width of embroidered surface: 44 cm. Publications: to add p. 102