discussion about these costumes, when collected, etc.
Stefni collected a lot of her Macedonian things during a trip to Yugoslavia in 1972. The Bitola area pieces were collected in a second-hand store in Bitola run by Iliya, to whom people from surrounding villages brought old items to be sold. He was a great enthusiast and many people have things in their collection purchased in his store. Below left is a picture of him in his store taken in 1979, below right is a picture of a tourist dressed in a potential purchase in the market in Ohrid, where Stefni purchased the Ohrid costume with the deeply appreciated assistance of Bob Liebman.
 
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dickey
chemise
woolen vest
apron
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chemise
apron
woolen vest
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chemise
dickey
woolen vest
apron
belt
commercial floral woolen scarf not pictured here
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chemise
cotton vest with heavy woolen fringes
apron
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SOLD
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Woman's scarf from the Bitola area. Black embroidery on hand-woven cotton. This scarf could fill out either Bitola costume. |
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This apron was found stored as part of Stefni's Bitola area costumes and costume pieces. She believed it belonged there. It is woven of four-harness twill black wool, and consists of two widths of fabric, sewn with a horizontal seam. The hem has coarse hand embroidery and a strip of fabric at the bottom edge. If anyone can help identify this, please contact us. |
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This is a single sleeve cuff (there is only one of the pair), used for festive dress in the Bitola area. It is worn over the bottom part of the sleeve. It has three coins sewn onto it, plus some red beads, edged with black woolen braid.
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Woman's apron from Florina/Lerin region. Handwoven wool, made of two widths of fabric sewn horizontally.
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Sleeve embroidery cut off from a woman's chemise. This is one of a matching pair. There is a small band of
commercial red fabric lining the inner bottom edge of the sleeves. I found a similar Kichevo region sleeve in an old Macedonian
embroidery book, take a look at the lower right-hand
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Books of related interest
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Narodnite Tanteli Sorki vo Ovchepolieto
by G'orgi Zdravev, Skopje, 1975
36 pages with discussion, diagrams of needle lace and
hairpin lace techniques, 92 color examples.
In Macedonian, with resume in French.
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Jewelry of related interest
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Coin earrings, hinged to ear wire. |
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Coin earrings. Hinged to ear wire. |
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Pin with coins. |
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Waist chain with two rows of Ottoman coins. |
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One-sided chain. Note that this chain has both coins and small dangles. |
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One-sided chain. The large end has 2 prongs on the inside, used to keep the shirt closed. |
If you are interested in anything displayed here, please feel free to
contact us and we will email you when it
is put up on ebay. We will also be happy to answer any questions.
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