Quilt
Quilt
Producer
Kyselicová Hedviga
SKU
26526215
Technics
gatra
Material
textile
Craft
embroidery, textile craft
Size
About product
Small coverlet made of linen canvas decorated with cross-stitch motifs. Columns are stitched with cotton in linen color and filled with motifs such as “seed stitch, back stitch, satin stitch, and French knot.” The edge of the coverlet is stitched and finished with white cotton.
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,...
