{"id":20969,"date":"2025-12-05T13:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/?post_type=product&#038;p=20969"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:32:54","slug":"1476","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/object\/1476\/","title":{"rendered":"Formal Waistcoat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"longdescrmuseum\" class=\"woocommerce-product-details__short-description\">\n<p>The waistcoat is made of soft pink silk, a material frequently used in Alaya for the formal garments of girls from affluent families. Its surface is adorned with dense gold-thread embroidery, depicting vegetal motifs, cross-shaped ornaments, and symmetrical compositions characteristic of Asia Minor urban dress in the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>The handmade lace trim\u2014featuring intricate undulating motifs and interlaced metallic elements\u2014attests to a high level of craftsmanship, likely the work of specialised female artisans in the region. The deep red fabric lining (at the chest) served to emphasise the garment\u2019s luxury and to support the weight of the gold embroidery.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Donated to the collection of the Alaya Association by Evangelia Mandona-Nouveloglou, it is exhibited at the ALAYA Cultural Centre.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formal women\u2019s engagement waistcoat of Gesthimani Sakaloglou and Petros Karakourakoglou, worn by her at the age of only 13. A few years later, at 17, Gesthimani was forced to abandon her family home in Alaya violently and permanently; her husband was lost in the labour battalions (*amele taburu*).<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":20703,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[192],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20969","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-clothing-jewelry","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/20969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=20969"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=20969"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alaya.gr\/digitalmuseum\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=20969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}