Nikola Arsenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Арсеновић, IPA: [nǐkola ǎrsɛːnɔʋit͡ɕ], 1823 – July 18, 1887) was a Serb designer and illustrator of folk costume; being posthumously dubbed a "Yugoslav ethnographer".

A tailor by profession, he started illustrating peasant clothing while traveling the lands after having left his family and shop due to unknown reasons.

The Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade acquired most of his work, the rest having been bought by various painters.

[2] As a youngster, he travelled to Pest and Vienna, to perfect the craft, and also further to Paris and in Germany.

[2] He was away for 7 years, then returned, settling in Vukovar, where he married and opened a large tailor shop with eight workers.