Accession No

2006.627


Description

Blue skirt. The skirt is pleated with a white floral pattern. There is a panel of checked red fabric sewn to one side and the waistband, and the hem is decorated with embroidery in red, green, and yellow.


Place

Europe; Eastern Europe; Slovakia; Central Slovak Region; Pohorelá


Period


Source

Makovicky, Nicolette [field collector]; Crowther-Beynon Grant [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2006.627


Cultural Affliation

Slovak


Material

Wool; Cotton; Cloth


Local Term

skladaná sukna


Measurements

700mm x 20mm x 680mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Probably collected between May and August 2004.
Event Date 5/2004
Author: Esther Laver


Context (Production / use)
Made in about 1990. Závadka nad Hronom and Pohorelá: The villages of the Horehronie Region are known for an exceptional degree of variation in local dress, richness of embroidery and fine leatherwork. Such skirts are relatively rare, so the date of 1990 is probably off.
Event Date 14/6/2006
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Woman’s pleated skirt. Fine blue dye-resist decoration on the expanse of the skirt (modrotlaã). Machine embroidery.
Event Date 14/6/2006
Author: maa


Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.1354 | Repack
Event Date 7/5/2015
Author: cao37


Description (Physical description)
Skirt of pleated blue, plain weave cotton (?) with panel of red and black plaid on a matching waistband - the whole hemmed with yellow, pink and green stitching in a double band.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Blue skirt. The skirt is pleated with a white floral pattern. There is a panel of checked red fabric sewn to one side and the waistband, and the hem is decorated with embroidery in red, green, and yellow.
Event Date 19/5/2023
Author: Esther Laver


FM:265709

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