DOI issue:
No. 160 (July, 1906)
DOI article:Levetus, A. S.: Austrian peasant embroidery
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20715#0134
Austrian Peasant Embroidery
FIGS. 5, 6 & 7 —EMBROIDERIES IN FROM CARNIOI.A, ETC.
GOLD AND BEADS, AND GOLD AND PEARLS l8TH & I9TH CENTURIES
(Property of Herr Jos. Sadniker, Stein, Carniola)
pendium for the altar. The
work is beautifully done,
and it is practically impos-
sible to distinguish the right
side from the wrong. The
cloth is bound round the
head, and tied in such a
manner that the two em-
broidered ends fall grace-
fully one over the other.
Figs. 1 and 4 show portions
of two such head-cloths.
The Slovenian scarf is
bordered by lace, also made
by the same hand as the
embroidery, and of coloured
silks to harmonise with it.
It will also be seen that
there is in it an insertion
of drawn-thread work form-
ing a kind of border. This
is a peculiarity of the Slo-
venian embroidery, as also
is the use of silk, whereas
usual “ motives ” being flowers,
scrolls, leaves and hearts, and some-
times the patterns are so close
together that the material on which
the embroidery is made is entirely
covered.
Among the women of Hannak
these head-cloths play a peculiar
part; the mother always presents
hers to her eldest daughter on her
wedding day, on her return home
from the ceremony. It is only used
at christenings, when a second one
is provided for the infant. This' is
a sacred office, and such a head-
dress is regarded as a holy thing,
and, children failing, it is often pre-
sented to the church as an ante-
FIG. 9.—LACE WITH COLOURED FROM UNGARISCH-HRADISCH
SILK EMBROIDERY (Property of Herr Kretz)
FIG. 8.—RAISED GOLD AND PEARL FROM ZIRNAU, CARNIOLA
EMBROIDERY FOR A CAP-BAND A.D. l80O
(Property of Herr fos. Sadniker)
in Herzegovina and Dal-
matia (Fig. 1) they work
with wools dyed of a rich
colour, and there is no lace
or drawn-thread work. In
some parts of Moravia these
head-cloths are worked in
chrome-yellow silks, • and
though the “motives” may
be the same, the designs are
so manifold that one never
sees two alike. As a relief
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FIGS. 5, 6 & 7 —EMBROIDERIES IN FROM CARNIOI.A, ETC.
GOLD AND BEADS, AND GOLD AND PEARLS l8TH & I9TH CENTURIES
(Property of Herr Jos. Sadniker, Stein, Carniola)
pendium for the altar. The
work is beautifully done,
and it is practically impos-
sible to distinguish the right
side from the wrong. The
cloth is bound round the
head, and tied in such a
manner that the two em-
broidered ends fall grace-
fully one over the other.
Figs. 1 and 4 show portions
of two such head-cloths.
The Slovenian scarf is
bordered by lace, also made
by the same hand as the
embroidery, and of coloured
silks to harmonise with it.
It will also be seen that
there is in it an insertion
of drawn-thread work form-
ing a kind of border. This
is a peculiarity of the Slo-
venian embroidery, as also
is the use of silk, whereas
usual “ motives ” being flowers,
scrolls, leaves and hearts, and some-
times the patterns are so close
together that the material on which
the embroidery is made is entirely
covered.
Among the women of Hannak
these head-cloths play a peculiar
part; the mother always presents
hers to her eldest daughter on her
wedding day, on her return home
from the ceremony. It is only used
at christenings, when a second one
is provided for the infant. This' is
a sacred office, and such a head-
dress is regarded as a holy thing,
and, children failing, it is often pre-
sented to the church as an ante-
FIG. 9.—LACE WITH COLOURED FROM UNGARISCH-HRADISCH
SILK EMBROIDERY (Property of Herr Kretz)
FIG. 8.—RAISED GOLD AND PEARL FROM ZIRNAU, CARNIOLA
EMBROIDERY FOR A CAP-BAND A.D. l80O
(Property of Herr fos. Sadniker)
in Herzegovina and Dal-
matia (Fig. 1) they work
with wools dyed of a rich
colour, and there is no lace
or drawn-thread work. In
some parts of Moravia these
head-cloths are worked in
chrome-yellow silks, • and
though the “motives” may
be the same, the designs are
so manifold that one never
sees two alike. As a relief
lr3