AP Exhibition - Men's Shirts

 #03

Two shirts worn in ritual or festive situations by the farmer are exhibited. They are distinguished by the choice of fabric, fine linen, and by the embroidery: in one case, executed in white thread, with varied markings of stylized floral motifs in flower-stitch and with the use of sieve stitch; this shirt configuration serves the functional use of wedding garment. In the other case, the embroidery is executed in red and black thread, with simplified geometric motifs and the stylized figuration of a carnation branch, all in cross-stitch.

Both shirts feature the owner's name, midway down the body (defined the "mousetrap" of the shirt), with dates marking the possessor's birth and/or the date the piece was made.

Embroidery occurs almost systematically on the chest, collar or collarbones, shoulders and sleeves of shirts, executed in white thread, in red thread and in black thread and in colored threads, even. Usually these embroideries are to the taste of the embroiderer, but they can follow patterns from markers, cloth with exemplary motifs and lettering, or from cross-stitch collections on the market.