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Description

Long white blouse with embroidery and attached petticoat. The blouse has a wide neckline gathered onto twisted red and white cord, tied at center front. There are two vertical bands of red embroidery down the upper front and back. The long raglan sleeves have underarm gussets and multicoloured embroidery and beading from shoulder to cuff. The embroidery has stripes, floral and geometric motifs in cross-stitch, tent stitch, chain stitch and satin stitch with glass beads and gold metallic thread incorporated into the designs. A plain petticoat is attached below waist; the hem trimmed with lace made by pulling and reworking threads. The seams have decorative hand stitching.

History Of Use

This style has wide distribution in the territory bordered by the Carpathian Mountains. In Romania, it is worn in all territories except the Maramures, the plains of the Danube, in Muntanie and Dobroudja. Depending on the region, this blouse would have been worn with a wrap-around or pleated skirt; or with two aprons, one in the front and one in the back; or with a skirt and an apron.

Narrative

This blouse was owned by Ms. Zemlac's mother, Mary Kusawan (1869-1954), who came to Canada in the late 1800s.

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