Bulgarian Folk Arts and Crafts: Embelishments

 

Head Trimmings

"Loub" - an ancient woman's head-dress decoration, north-west Bulgaria, 18th century.

 

 

Diadem hair-dangle with colour stones, 19th century.

 

Flicker, Plovdiv, 19th century.

 

Pendant for hair, Plovdiv, 19th century

 

 

"Sokai" - an ancient woman's head-dress decoration, Kilifarevo, Tarnovo region, late 18th century.

 

Head ornament trepka, Ivaylovgrad, late 19th century.

 

 

Source material:

1. Traditional Bulgarian Costumes and Folk Arts. National Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Compiled by Viara Kovacheva-Kostadinova, Maria Sarafova, Marina Cherkezova, Nadezhda Teneva. Sofia, 1994.

2. Ethnographic Museum Plovdiv. Compiled by Anka Radeva, Lora Hristozova, Raina Kableshkova, Sonya Semerdjieva, Angel Yankov, Stoyan Antonov, Valentin Manev. Vion Publishing House, 2004.