Description: Buckle from woman’s belt, Kratovo 19th century
Product ID: BJ012
Dimension: 41 cm x 31 cm / 16.1 inches x 12.2 inches / Framed
Price: $423    $261    add to cart  
Product of Avers®, inspired by original Buckle from Kratovo
Read more: Belts are an integral part of traditional Macedonian costumes. They are most often made of cloth, woolen broad cloth, velvet and leather. They are embellished with a lot of filigree elements. The most important decoration of woman’s clothes is the BUCKLE; it has different forms: round, leaf like and convex. Buckles are most always expressing the local characteristics. They have engraved geometrical and plant motives enriched with filigree elements. Belts are adorned with various pendants. It was especially characteristic in the middle ages. In that time pendants were set on belts not only as adornment but also from practical reasons. They were different in shape; most often they had a semi circular shape with circular links on which auxiliary elements were fastened.