Headcloth 002

Headcloth 002

The pattern embroidered on the headcloth uses the following stitches: a roller, straight and oblique satin and Silesian crosses. It consists of five flower sprouts growing from one "bulb". One of the flowers is arranged centrally and the rest symmetrically on the sides. They are completed with small circles.
The flowers are embroidered over three lines arranged alternately: the first and third lines resembling steps, and the middle one made with Zakopane crosses.

The decorative motif is geometrical and archaic. It is probably borrowed from fabrics found in the wardrobes of the nobility. Some researchers recognize carnation or bell motifs popular in the 16th century. In this period, headcloths were worn by noblewomen and townswomen, and in the 19th century they were worn on public holidays by women living in villages. They were decorated with white, red, black or brown thread.

Item: headcloth

Material, technique: white cotton cloth, cotton thread; embroidery

Dimensions: length 40 cm, width 70 cm

Creation time: end of the 19th century

Origin: Palikówka

Owner: Franciszek Kotula Etnographic Museum in Rzeszów