embroidered Horehronie blanket
embroidered Horehronie blanket
Producer
Kukuľová Mária
SKU
1117980468
Year added to portfolio
1980
Material
textile
Colour
colour combination
Dimensions
55x30 cm
About product
The blanket is embroidered on linen canvas with a regular warp with pearls. Geometric motifs characterize the ornamentation of Horehronie embroidery, in which squares dominated by multicolored threads are embroidered. New simpler and more demanding embroidery techniques are applied. Ordinary and twisted cross-stitch, satin stitch, cutwork, and pea stitch represent the basic techniques in Horehronie embroidery. In addition to them, many others are represented, such as “krokvička,” “mešterka,” chain stitch, and “krivinka.”.
Since childhood, she has been dedicated to embroidery. She focuses on the Horehronie embroidery. She applies both simpler and more elaborate embroidery techniques, such as regular and looped cross stitch, satin stitch, cutwork, and seed stitch. She has...
