Gift of A.J.B. Wace. Collection nos. 3053-9.
Note in the register says 'The costume of Attica is illustrated in Benaki Museum, Hellenic National Costumes, Pls. 12-14, Zora, Embroidery and Jewellery in Greek National Costumes, Pls. 2, 3 and 26, Tarsouli, Costumes Grecs Pls 2 and 4, which she ascribes to Massoghion. This is roughly the same district, south of Athens, as the village of Keratea. See also Stackelberg. Pls 3 and 4 which is essentially the same costume. The same costume appears to have been worn over the whole of Attica. As late as 1907 the traveller P.S. Marden describes a visit on a feast day to the village of Menidi, north of Athens (Greece and the Aegean Islands, 1907): 'their (the wqomen's) robes were in the main of white, but the skirts were decked with the richest of woolen embroideries, heavy and thick, extending for several inches upward from the lower hem, in a profusion of rich reds, blues and browns. Aprons similarly adorned were worn above. Most impressivce however were the sleeveless overgarments or coats...of white stuff, bordered with a deep red facing and overlaid with intricate tracery in gold lace and gold braid. He illustrates the costume opp.p.142.'
Note in original register describes the ensemble as Greaco-Albanian.
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Gift of A.J.B. Wace. Collection nos. 3053-9.
Note in the register says 'The costume of Attica is illustrated in Benaki Museum, Hellenic National Costumes, Pls. 12-14, Zora, Embroidery and Jewellery in Greek National Costumes, Pls. 2, 3 and 26, Tarsouli, Costumes Grecs Pls 2 and 4, which she ascribes to Massoghion. This is roughly the same district, south of Athens, as the village of Keratea. See also Stackelberg. Pls 3 and 4 which is essentially the same costume. The same costume appears to have been worn over the whole of Attica. As late as 1907 the traveller P.S. Marden describes a visit on a feast day to the village of Menidi, north of Athens (Greece and the Aegean Islands, 1907): 'their (the wqomen's) robes were in the main of white, but the skirts were decked with the richest of woolen embroideries, heavy and thick, extending for several inches upward from the lower hem, in a profusion of rich reds, blues and browns. Aprons similarly adorned were worn above. Most impressivce however were the sleeveless overgarments or coats...of white stuff, bordered with a deep red facing and overlaid with intricate tracery in gold lace and gold braid. He illustrates the costume opp.p.142.'
Note in original register describes the ensemble as Greaco-Albanian.