Photograph. A wedding in Uloža
1944
Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 6cm, height 8,6cm
Photograph. A wedding in Uloža
1944
Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 6cm, height 9cm
Photograph. A wedding in Uloža
1944
Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 8,7cm, height 6,2cm
Black and white photographs from a picture series depicting a wedding in Uloža in 1944. In the middle there is the newly married couple, bridegroom – braudijan and bride – brauta, in their wedding clothes. Behind the married couple there are two best men. Both have scarves across their chests which symbolise their function as best men. It seems that they have feathers made of rosemary on their hats.
Photograph. A wedding in Uloža
1944
Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 8,8cm, height 5,7cm
Photograph. A wedding in Uloža
1944
Uloža, paper, photoprinting, width 8,7 cm, height 5,8cm
Bonnet/ Čepec
Second half of the 20th century
Uloža, cotton thread, twill ribbon, crocheting, size: width 16,5 cm, length 23,5 cm
A black bonnet that used to be a traditional head cover of a married woman is made of black cotton thread (kordonet), crocheted by a filet technique. The front part of the bonnet creates semi-arches which a twill ribbon, fixing the bonnet to the head, is passed through.
Scarf/ Chustka
The 20th century
Klčov, semi-synthetic fabric, sewing, width 71 cm, length 72,5 cm
A scarf made of a semi-synthetic material. On a white surface there are regularly repeated stripes made of glossy threads, between them, in equal distances, there are printed patterns of stylised roses in green and brown. Scarves of this type used to be worn exclusively as part of traditional festive clothing.
A girl’s head circlet
Mid 20th century
Uloža, textile, pasteboard, silk ribbons, sequins, ribbons, cutting, bending, weaving, colouring, length 96 cm, width 24 cm
A girl’s head circlet used to be part of a girl’s festive traditional clothing It symbolised the girl’s freedom and virginity. It was worn on special feasts and at weddings. There are three wide embroidered ribbons handing down from the decorated top part called obruč with a fixed garland.
Trousers / Chološňe
Early half of the 20th century
Závada, woollen cloth, textile, weaving, pounding, sewing, length 107 cm, width 44 cm
This type of trousers used to be part of male everyday as well as festive traditional clothing in the majority of villages at the foot of the Levoča Hills. It ceased to be worn roughly in mid 20th century.
Male shirt / Košuľa
Early half of the 20th century
Uloža, home made cloth, weaving, sewing, embroidering, shirt length 74 cm, shirt width 64 cm, sleeve length 57 cm
A male shirt made of a home spun cloth used to be part of male festive traditional clothes. The shirt is decorated with a cross stitch embroidery around the collar and the cuffs are also richly decorated with geometrical patterns (obalki).
Waistcoat/ Lajbľik
Pavľany, thin factory made woollen cloth, weaving, sewing, width 48 cm, height 60 cm
A male festive waistcoat used to be part of male festive clothing. It is made of a black factory made cloth with five buttons. This type of waistcoat started to be worn, as part of a „new fashion“ in mid 20th century, instead of richly decorated similar parts of traditional costumes.
Skirt with a bodice
Early half of the 20th century
Spiš, Uloža, textile, woollen cloth, linen cloth, weaving, sewing, length 107 cm, skirt length 78 cm, skirt width 157 cm, bodice length 40cm, bodice width 38 cm
A skirt with an added-on bodice is part of an older type of female festive clothing. It ceased to be worn in mid 20th century. Later, occasionally, it could be seen at weddings, as part of a bride’s wedding dress. The bodice is fixed by means of lace fastening and the woollen cloth skirt has an apron.
Apron/ Fartuch
Early half of the 20th century
Spiš, Uloža, colouring, textile, weaving, sewing, length 79 cm, waist width 69 cm
A festive apron made of a purchased dark colour fabric, pleated into the so-called fald. The upper stripe of the apron is decorated with a number of small pieces of cloth, composed into a triangle shape, called „zubi“ (teeth). Such an apron used to be part of female festive clothing roughly until mid 20th century.
Sleeves/ Opľecko
Early half of the 20th century
Jablonov, fine cloth – paťoľat, weaving, sewing, sleeve length 65 cm, width 53 cm, length 43 cm
Sleeves were part of female festive clothing. They used to be worn under a rather archaic variant of festive clothes. They are made of purchased fine cloth and decorated by a woven collar and lace on the sleeves. They used to be fixed to the body by two fabric bands sewn onto the collar.
Sash
Early half of the 20th century
Spiš, Uloža, textile, factory made woollen cloth, weaving, sewing, embroidering, length 133 cm, width 13 cm
A sash made of a black factory made woollen cloth was part of an archaic festive female type of clothing. Women wore it around the waist and fixed it with an apron. There is a decorative inscription „Super Fin“ embroidered with a white thread on one end of it and an inscription „Nro 4162“ on the other one embroidered with the same thread. The sash is trimmed with a red fabric with white flower patterns at the upper edge and with a green fabric at the bottom one.
Laced bodice
Early half of the 20th century
Spiš, Uloža, metal and textile threads, factory made, length 69 cm, width 1,5 cm
A laced bodice is a clothing accessory to an archaic type of female festive clothing. It was used to fasten or tie a female bodice.
Ribbon
Early half of the 20th century
Spiš, Uloža, textile, factory made, length 250 cm, width 9 cm
Purchased, factory made ribbon used to be part of an archaic type of festive female clothing. It was used to fix the apron at the waist and was tied into a bow-knot at the front.