DRESS
17th or 18th century
This dress was acquired on the Greek island of Karpathos in 1884. It is made in one piece, but has the appearance of a tunic and skirt as a deep pleat has been taken into it, a way of adjusting the length. The silk for the fabric and the embroidery threads was produced locally on Karpathos, as was the dye, which obtained its characteristic deep green from lichen.
Silk crepe embroidered with silk
Karpathos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece
Purchased from the archaeologist Theodore Bent
Museum no. 346-1886 []