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Sunday, 23 October 2016 18:14
Turkish postage stamp with embroidery
The Textile Research Centre houses a Turkish postage stamp, dated 1994, with a representation of an embroidery used for a Paçalik dress (acc. no. TRC 2016.0290a). This dress was worn by the bride on the day after her wedding. Paçalik was also the name for the embroidery sewn onto a woman's underpants.
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(Pre-) Modern Middle East and North Africa