četvrtak, 8. ožujka 2012.

Konavle embroidery

In Konavle, women keep tradition of small, non profitable ancient handcraft of silk production, Silk, the fabric that makes its own statement and no other fabric generates quiet the same reaction. For centuries silk has had a reputation as a luxurious, always associated with wealth and success.

The embroidery from Konavle, is a decorative textile element of women of women’s national and traditional costumes. It is made in technique of the counting of the threads of the basic fabric tissue. A strictly symmetric ornament contains the numberless decorative motives and it is originally embroidered with homemade silk thread.


The silk is dyed with natural colours with red, black or dark green ornaments, separated with white passages and decorated with golden-yellow tassels. The names of different ornaments are symbolic and descriptive, and ornaments depend on tissue, finesse of the performance and the possibility of using.
So, the specific embroidery can be spilled on the tablecloths, curtains, dresses and other clothing.






sources; tz konavle, cilipi folklore





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