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Chopine
Antique chopine or clog hand carved of wood two inches high w/ top of platform decorated with mother of pearl inlay - three straps or thongs missing. Difficult to date, but came into style in Turkey and India in the 16th century.
Evening Dress
Dress of dark chocolate brown velvet.
Fez
Fez of maroon wool. Elastic tie goes under chin; front and back have green triangular pieces; rectangle embroidery on each side in green, purple, and orange. Stuffed tube circles around top; white cotton lining. Height: 5"; Circumference: 19" (Bottom); Circumference: 14" (Top)
Pouch - Turkish Festival Outfit
Pouch. Orange cotton pouch, rounded at bottom. Suspended by gold metallic cord. Edged with metallic thread lace. The surface of the pouch is embroidered with various colors of metallic embroidery, mostly chain-stitch. Lined in orange cotton.
Shoes - Turkish Festival Outfit
Pair of shoes. Styled as low, backless slippers with upturned, pointed toes. Toe-box of striped cotton (silk?) with stripes of purple, yellow, orange, etc., with small diamonds of white. Stripes run from toe up to throat of shoe. The toe-box is edged in gold. Insole lined in orange. Soles of leather.
Festival ensemble
Turkish festival costume machine embroidered on bright orange cotton. a) Jacket b) pants (chalwar /shalwar style) c) shirt (cotton, embroidered) white, tunic length d) Rectangular belt of orange cotton, embellished with machine embroidery in metallic threads of gold, purple, green, etc. in scroll, scallop, floral and vine forms. Lined with greenish cotton. Secures with single snap. Attached to lower edge at right side is small pouch, rectangular, with curved lower side, edged with metallic lace and embellished on both sides with similar embroidery, vines, scalloped lines, flower heads, etc. Center panel of pouch with embroidered character(s). e) Fez style hat of orange cotton, shaped like a truncated, flat-top cone. Top of crown is embellished with machine embroidery in metallic threads of gold, purple, green, etc. in scroll, scallop, and vine forms. Sides of crown with horizontal bands of similar embroidery, vines, scalloped lines, flower heads, etc. From off-center at top of hat is gold cord tassel.
Wedding purse
Uzbekistan Wedding bag or purse. Cotton cloth, rectangular, with rounded base. Knitted applique band at top/opening of blue, brown, white, and gold triangular motif. Beaded fringe at top, bottom, and horizontally along mid-point. Body of bag woven with green, pink, gold, purple/magenta horizontal ombre stripes. Strap of woven yellow and dark green. Unlined. 5 ¾" wide x 8 7/8" long; 9 ½" long strap as it hangs.
Wedding purse
Uzbekistan Wedding bag/purse of black cotton cloth. Rectangular, opens at narrow end, with triangular flap. Edge with white beading. Three compartments, one full-length and two half-length. All-over embroidery in lengthwise bands of green lines, red, orange, blue and green curves. Lined in black linen. 4" wide x 9 ½long with flap open. No labels or tags.
Jacket
Jacket of tan leather in a sueded finish. Decorated with pink and blue machine embroidered lines and flowers. Two embroidered patch pockets on front. Trimmed with long, crimped sheep fur around cuffs, hem, neckline, and center front opening. Closure of three large hook & eyes. Lined in a short pale fur, the "hair side" of the leather the from which the coat is made. Label at center back neckline: "Made / In / Turkey"
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