Dress with Detva embroidery
Dress with Detva embroidery
Wedding dress featuring traditional Detva cut-out embroidery. The base material, made of white polyester fiber, is combined with nylon tulle embellished with white cord embroidery accented with silver thread. Designed by M. Kováčiková, made by J. Adamcová from Detva. Photo archive of the Museum of Folk Art Production in Stupava (photo by E. Nováková, 1971)
Marta Kovačiková graduated from the Josef Vydru School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, specializing in textiles. In 1967, she started working at ÚĽUV, where she worked as a textile artist in the textile department, focusing on research of traditional clothing, production, and decoration of traditional attire (for 30 years). She specialized in embroidery from the regions of Detva, Vlčkovce, Záriečie, Tekov, and Trakovice (appliqué). She collaborated with artisans such as Ľudmila Švataráková from Trakovice and Júlia Adamcová from Detva
Marta Kovačiková graduated from the Josef Vydru School of Applied Arts in Bratislava, specializing in textiles. In 1967, she started working at ÚĽUV, where she worked as a textile artist in the textile department, focusing on research of traditional clothing, production, and decoration of traditional attire (for 30 years). She specialized in embroidery from the regions of Detva, Vlčkovce, Záriečie, Tekov, and Trakovice (appliqué). She collaborated with artisans such as Ľudmila Švataráková from Trakovice and Júlia Adamcová from Detva
