Foustani
Gender information of the object:
Color:
Type:
Primary Material:
Place:
3D object:
Code:
630
Translator:
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
Foustani, a garment made of colourful striped imported fabric. The sleeveless bodice has a low-cut opening which becomes narrower as it extends towards the waist. The skirt is long with many folds at the waistline. The opening of the bodice has a black trimming all around its edges. The lining of the bodice is made of beige cotton fabric, which is visible through the opening at the chest.
Geroskipou Folk Art Museum (inv.no 40).
Bibliography:
E. Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou, E. I Astiki endymasia tis Kyprou (The urban Dress of Cyprus), The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia 1996, 107, fig. 91.