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DepartmentTextiles-Europe

Leggings

NameLeggings
Date1930-1939
Place madeKosovo, Eastern Europe, Europe
MediumCotton, metalic thread
Dimensions12 5/8 × 12 3/16 in. (32 × 31 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald Wixman and Stephen Glaser, A.2015.13.61ab
Object numberA.2015.13.61ab
DescriptionThese 3 piece leggings are primarily gold thread woven into yellow cotton on a rhomboid pattern. Specks of blue, green, white and orange can be seen in rhomboids. The upper area is of yellow cotton sewn with orange, blue and gold metalic thread in running stitch. 3 rhomboids of three each are evenly spaced.
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