Married Women’s Clothing from Zemgale
Brief information
- Shirts – straight cut, mid-calf length with white embroidery and a turnover collar;
- Skirts – pleated full skirts, striped or with woven vertical pattern bands;
- Belts – patterned woven belts;
- Jackets – plain, close-fitting dark jackets;
- Shawls – white wool with narrow bands of interwoven patterns or multi-coloured shawls;
- Headdresses – Married women wore tulle caps covered with a silk scarf;
- Legwear – knee-length knitted patterned socks or knitted socks with embroidery;
- Jewellery – the shawl was fastened with a large silver bubble brooch (burbuļsakta), while the ;shirt was fastened with one or more small silver annular brooches (saktas). A necklace of spherical silver beads was also an option.
History and Origin
Zemgales novada sievas tautastērps - Gitas Andersones mantojums.