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Blouse, Piešt’any, Slovakia, 1900-1985
Blouse
Blouse, Piešt’any, Slovakia, 1900-1985
Blouse, Piešt’any, Slovakia, 1900-1985
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Blouse

Object number2004.090.0016
Date1900-1985
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
DescriptionPart of a Piešt’any kroj, a white blouse with puffed sleeves. The sleeves are covered with cut work and embroidery in dark orange and yellow threading. Its collar and cuffs decorated with the same cut work and embroidery, and are in a wolf's teeth pattern. This pattern was often placed around the collar or cuffs on a blouse to act as a protective element for its wearer. A section of orange tatted and embroidered (including hardanger, or whitework, embroidery) runs most of the way down the blouse's front.
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