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Date of recording: 23 November 2023
kind of fabric: Apron
Μethod of acquisition: Lending
name: Brosnela kistritsas
Date: ~1900
Owner-donor details: George Topalides
Sayakenia apron from the wider area of Charoupoli in Eastern Thrace. The apron was narrow and elongated, fully embroidered, white, featuring various motifs for the bride, or woven on the loom with different motifs in horizontal bands. In the early 20th century, a very long and narrow apron made of sayaki (a type of woolen fabric) or velvet appeared, decorated with embroidered flowers, circular or other floral patterns.
Clothing group: Eastern Thrace
