Costumes

Over 1000 pieces of clothing present the development of the Cypriot dress and the influences it received from East and West. Costumes of Pashas, Governors, dervishes etc are also included in the collection. Underwear, shoes, hats, gloves but also home textiles and embroideries provide an additional dimension.

  • Classification
  • Subject
  • Medium
  • Places
  • Object Type
  • Collection
  • 21th Century
  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century

Traditional hat, fez
19th century

Women's gloves
20th century

Turkish Cypriot wedding dress
18th century

Wedding veil
20th century

Wedding shoes
18th century

Greek Cypriot urban wedding dress
ca. 1890

Silk thread
[s.d.]

Wedding dress
1942

Urban wedding dress
ca. 1900

Wedding veil
19th century

Crochet blouse
ca. 1880

Wedding veil
19th century

Wedding robe
18th century

Armenian Dress
19th century

Women's pouch
ca. 1920

Christening gown
ca. 1925

Childs’s vest
ca. 1926

Christening gown
ca. 1927

Bib
ca. 1925

Christening hat
ca. 1925

Child’s shirt
ca. 1927

Christening petticoat
ca. 1925

Christening gown
ca. 1925

Christening gown
ca. 1925