Jumper

NameJumper

Dateca. 1900

Place madeShiroka Luca, Smolyan, Bulgaria, Europe

MediumWool, cotton, metal, green silk? thread

Dimensionslength at back of collar to hem excludes lace. Width at hem 84: 46 7/8 × 33 1/16 in. (119 × 84 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bernard Ziobro, A.2012.84.12

Object numberA.2012.84.12

DescriptionThis heavy black wool jumper has a burgundy braid around collar front opening. Muslin sleevelets with ecru-colored hand crocheted have been sewn in. A similar but not as elaborate lace trims the hem but not at the U-shaped front. The burgandy braid - in what appears to be forty rows of single crochet - has about the lace above it an elaborate design in metallic thread over a green silk ground. The cuffs are alsp decorated with burgundy braid and metallic thread in geometric and floral patterns. In what is either a repair or way of lengthening the jumper, a blue and gray commercial wool herringbone 6.5 cm long piece joins the bodice and skirt. A pocket trimmed in red braid comes from skirt seam. Red braid follows from cuff underarm to waist.