IMG_4193 Eritrean silver wedding dress decoration.

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IMG_4193 Eritrean silver wedding dress decoration.

Posted by ingrid Langerak on March 26, 2016 at 10:42pm

This are silver chains, which are sewn onto one of the wedding dress of an Eritrean or northern Ethiopia Tigrai province. The soft white home spun cotton dresses are embroidered and on the edge of the embroidery this chains of (half beads ) are added. Not done any more since the 1970.

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ingrid Langerak March 26, 2016 at 11:00pm

I am trying to upload an dress model but it doesn.t work or me, will keep trying and place it .
Eva Baby March 27, 2016 at 5:28am

Hi Ingrid, these are nice! Good to know that they are sewn on dresses, otherwise I would not have known. In fact I have a piece (short and Aluminium) of such....... I did not know they were sewn on cloth (dresses). Learning again!!! If you can add the dress model, this would be great.
Thelma March 27, 2016 at 3:42pm

Ingrid, I was intrigued by this. Are the chains very light? I wondered if they pulled the soft cotton out of shape?
ingrid Langerak March 27, 2016 at 5:44pm

They are proper silver eight so not too light in weight. But htey are fixe on the edge of the emsolid embroidery. Thank you Thelma for showing your interest.
Betty March 27, 2016 at 6:27pm

Wow, that is fascinating information, Ingrid. I can imagine this well. You would not happen to have a picture of such a wedding dress being worn? How long are the chains in your photo? They must be incredible rare...
ingrid Langerak March 27, 2016 at 10:30pm

Betty and Thelma,These pieces were made by the meter as ordered, I have four pieces of about 60 cm in length each and they had fitted a lock on it to wear it as a necklace. I tried to down load two dresses from the pinterest page, but it refuses to be downloaded. Will try to find it from another page tomorrow. GR. Ingrid.
TD March 27, 2016 at 10:57pm

Ingrid, are these similar silver chain pieces that can be found on this glorious 19th century robe from Ethiopia, that is part of the British Museum collection?
Eva Baby March 27, 2016 at 11:06pm

@Zambezi, this robe looks spectacular!!! very impressive, thanks for posting!
TD March 27, 2016 at 11:27pm

Ingrid, I think this photo shows these beads ... sorry cannot tell you who the photographer or the model is as I found it on Tumblr with no link or information.
TD March 27, 2016 at 11:28pm

Eva Baby, glad you also found this robe spectacular.

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IMG_4193 Eritrean silver wedding dress decoration.

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