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Date of recording: 23 November 2024
kind of fabric: Apron
Μethod of acquisition: Lending
name: Panoula
Date: 1900
Owner-donor details: George Topalides
The apron, called panaoula, was worn over the skirt and low on the waist, and had no practical function. It was made from the finest skouti (a type of thick woolen fabric), pounded in the watermill, resembling dense felt. It was embroidered with colorful, finely twisted wool threads in chain stitch. All around, it was decorated with cords, gold and silver braids, and katselia (ornamental trims). The simple apron, either foustisia or zymopodia (used while kneading dough), was made from the same woven fabric as the skirt. It was embroidered in cross-stitch, with different patterns, and was larger than the panaoula.
Clothing group: Sarakatsani of Thrace
