Gloves

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The bright pink of these knitted gloves denotes the use of synthetic dye. The dense embroidery and applique includes multiple images of the goddess figure and patterning that is evocative in shape of the protective eye common to many cultures. It is important to note that while this object is identified as being from Yugoslavia, that entity in the Balkan region did not exist until after World War I--first as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, then, after 1929, as Yugoslavia (“land of south Slavs").

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art