Tablecloth 002

Tablecloth 002

An altar cloth, hand sewn using homespun cotton fabric. Blue thread embroidery decoration. A horizontally oriented symmetric ornamental floral pattern extends along the two shorter sides and one of the longer sides. There are vertical motifs reminiscent of a fruit cross-section with two unfurled leaves at the bottom at the highest points of an undulating line. Two such leaf motifs adorn each sloping section of the line together with spirally coiled shoots and leaves on long stems (reminiscent of fern leaves). Edges of the ornamental pattern feature small decorative talon shapes. The altar cloth was embroidered using the honeycomb stitch technique.

Exhibit: altar cloth
Materials, technique: thin cotton fabric, homespun, embroidery: stem stitch, honeycomb stitch, lockstitch, blue thread
Dimensions: length 408 cm, width 73 cm
Made in: circa 18th century
Origin: Lubla
Owner: F. Kotula Ethnographic Museum in Rzeszów