4a class pupils with their teacher Mrs.Frangova learned about materials and patterns of Bulgarian medieval clothing. The information was taken from local clothing, compared with wall-paintings and descriptions in the documents.
Fabrics
There are fragments of silk,cotton,linen and
woven fabrics and less used-wool.The use of silk and linen has not been defined
on the class-sign/in King Kaloyan’s burial was found linen./The women decorated
their heads with silk ribbons and cords. There was a variety of silk fabrics
and veiling. They are usually painted in red, brown, green, white and blue. In
the murals appeared yellow and orange clothing. High-ranking people from the
portraits wore brightly woven clothes.
Due to
the climate the most common was “sarma”/tinsel/-a kind of woven fabric with
thin metal stripes/”lame”/ or textile fibres. It was used for the clothes of people with different
social status. Poor people used it for decoration on the head. It was made by
cotton, silk, linen and metals such as silver, gold, copper.
Another kind of material for clothing was
leather.
Decorations on fabrics
The traditional decoration was embroidery - flowered or
geometric. Ordinary embroidery was in blue, gray, black, red, green. As decoration
were sewn fabrics, woven stripes, pearls, metal plates.
There was a variety of the female hats decoration:
beads, caps, silver and gilt stripes, silk cords.
Belts
The belts of the noble and rich people
were expensive, with beautiful silver decoration. The items were on silk or
woolen red-colored fabric. The highest-ranking Bulgarian wore covered with gold
belts. Poor people wore belts with iron, lead or copper decoration.
During The Second Bulgarian Kingdom was
developed the female-fastening of the belt-“pafti”.They were beautiful
round relief buckles, made from bronze, with small hooks and loops for
junction.
