Table setting with ribbon application
Table setting with ribbon application
Table setting with Trakovice appliqué. Art design by M. Kováčiková, production by Ľ. Švataráková, Trakovice (district of Hlohovec), 1975. Photo archive of the Center of Folk Art Production in Bratislava (photo by M. Deko, 2017)
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
