Quilt
Quilt
Producer
Kyselicová Hedviga
SKU
26526209
Techniques
gatra
Material
textile
Craft
embroidery, textile craft
Dimensions
prikrývka: length = 10.5 cm; prikrývka: width = 10.5 cm
About product
A small white canvas coverlet at the bottom edge decorated with cross-stitch motifs in the shape of Bratislava Castle. The types of used motifs are “rosemary, wreath, button, and box”, the colors used are cream and gold-yellow. Next to the castle is the inscription “May 1945” embroidered with chain stitch in gold-yellow cotton. Along the perimeter of the coverlet, there are embroidered holes like in the motifs, but empty.
She learned embroidery from her mother as a child. She was one of the last bearers of the embroidery traditions in the area of western Slovakia. She mastered the technically demanding techniques of sewing gatier, all kinds of eyelet embroidery. In 1965,...
