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blouse
early 20th Century
A white crepe traditional blouse with wide red stitched zig-zag smocking on the neck and sleeves, and a red tie at the neck. Linear embroidered geometric designs on the front and sleeves are in tent ...
table runner
early 20th Century
A long white rough woven table runner with three stripes of mid blue embroidery designs at each end, intersected with stripes of pulled work with white embroidered blocks. The blue embroidery is a re...
table cloth and napkins
early 20th Century
A set of embroidered blue and white checkerboard design tablecloth and three small napkins. The tablecloth is made up of one central, and nine surrounding, squares of checkerboard embroidery within an...
table mat
early 20th Century
A long table mat or runner with traditional satin stitch floral embroidery in black/brown and red on a neutral linen ground. The sides are edged in red satin stitch. The 'wool' thread may be synthet...
bag
early 20th Century
A woven double draw-string bag with lining, woven in alternative red and patterned stripes, including black, green, white and yellow yarn of different thickness.
bag
early 20th Century
A woven double draw-string bag with lining, woven in alternative bands of maroon and white with patterned stripes, including blue, cream, green, red and pink yarn of different thickness and embroidere...
fringed belt
early 20th Century
A heavily fringed belt which is part of the Romanian national costume made up of an embroidered front panel and long cotton multi-coloured fringe from both the base and sides, in reds, green, pink and...
fringed belt
early 20th Century
A heavily fringed belt which is part of the Romanian national costume, made up of a embroidered front panel and long cotton multi-coloured fringe from both the base and sides, in reds, green, pink an...
table mat
early 20th Century
A large knitted or crocheted mat for an occasional table or centrepiece. A central flower motif has increasing petal motifs radiating outwards. There is a slight distortion in the tention.
photograph of Romanian national costume
c. 1975
Black and white photograph of donor (standing right) and associates wearing Romanian national costume in a domestic interior. Two males and four females are present.
table cloth
c. 1952
A large embroidered table cloth made by the mother of the donor in the early 1950s after emigrating from Romania. A traditional rococco floral design in browns, green and orange is worked in satin st...