loom (upper part)

metsovitisa-ifantra

A weaver using the traditional horizontal loom in a Sarakatsani hut. (Μargaret Hasluck)

 

Besides weaving items for their homes, the women of Metsovo began to produce simple woollen fabrics that were sold across the Ottoman Empire and Europe from the 18th century onwards. At the same time, in Metsovo and the surrounding region, seamstresses and needle workers were specialising in the production of high quality fabrics and clothing.

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Woman

[photographic representation at the Metsovo Folk Art Museum]

 

[photographic representation at the Metsovo Folk Art Museum]

 

Women in Metsovo learned to weave from an early age and were expected to prepare a large variety of woven items for their dowry. The day before their wedding, a procession took the bride’s dowry to her new house under the critical eyes of her fellow villagers.

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Woven rug on the wall

In Metsovo, woven fabrics were used in many ways: for clothes, pillowcases, blankets and rugs that covered the floors or decorated the walls.

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GE_117

Woolen wall rug with cotton yarn.

 

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GE_146

Wooden trunk decorated with leather, metal plates and nails.

 

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GE_148

Loom.

 

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GE_0162

Singer manual sewing-machine.

 

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