Tablecloth
- Collection:
- Ethnographic Collections – Ethnographic Collection in Vojlovica
- Author:
- Resócki Rolland
- Date of creation:
- 19 August 2025
- Type:
- object photography
- Content owner:
- Vajdasági Magyar Művelődési Intézet
- Inventory number:
- 2019.1.27.1
- Related topics:
- kézimunkahímzésethnography
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Description
Item details
Name: Tablecloth
Donor: Kerekes Lajosné Spišjak Anka
Object group (placement in exhibition): textiles
Place of use: Hertelendyfalva. It was owned by Kerekes (née Varga) Mária, who received it as a gift in her maidenhood. Her daughter-in-law inherited it from her.
Date of creation: around 1920-25
Place of creation: Hertelendyfalva
Material and technique: linen, embroidered
Dimensions: 132 x 138 cm
Description: Embroidered with red and blue embroidery thread using stem stitch and satin stitch. Motif: a flower basket in the center surrounded by a wreath of wildflowers. The continuous, naturalistic vine motif, decorated with cherry blossoms and cherries, conforms to the square shape of the tablecloth. The edge is sewn around with red thread, and small, stylized floral patterns are embroidered into the scallops. Torn in one place, slightly rusted in another.