| Period | |
| Greek writers say Thracian women, especially those from the Phrygian tribe were famous for their skills in weaving and decorating fabrics made of flax and hemp. (Herodotus) | |
| 1st Bulgarian Kingdom | Kapanski embroidery of Razgrad considered to be Proto-Bulgar |
| 14th C | Portraits in church in village of Kalotino, show embroidery patterns |
| 1493 | Portrait at Kremiklovtsi monastery shows motifs similar to those found around Sofia, |
| 15-19th C | diaries of travellers refer to the
embroideries on Bulgarian costume |
| 1533 |
In Sofia region ‘women, men and children wore garments and chemises embroidered in silk’…’they wore chemises made of line cloth, but decorated with varied brightly coloured stitching’ (Traveller's account) |
| 1591 | ‘The maidens and young matrons of the region around Iihtimanm dressed in white chemises made of thick cloth but decorated along the edges with silks of all coloured (Traveller's account) |
| Ottoman period to 1878 |
Bulgarian costumes still decorated while under Ottoman rule
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