002.437.Idrija

Idrija Municipal Museum, Prelovčeva 9, SI-5280 Idrija

Public

Municipality of Idrija, Mestni trg 1, SI-5280 Idrija

510:IDR;EZ-414

Mine, Daily life

The table has a wide and raised stand, two legs and a drawer for accessories on top. The upper board is liftable.

Length 46 cm, width 34.5 cm, height 74 cm.

Wood.

The time of creation is unknown.

Manufacturer information is not known.

One of the Idrija mining housewives put the basket with the “bula” (the pillow) on the described table. The table was used as a bobbin lacemaking accessory. The latter was an important supplementary activity and an additional income source of mining families.

The bobbin lacemaker’s table is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is a part of the ethnological collection of Idrija Municipal Museum. Visitors can view it within the permanent museum display exhibition in the Idrija Miner's House. It can also be used for different types of mercury heritage promotions. The items displayed in the Idrija Miner’s House take the visitors to the lives and residential code of mining families in Idrija in housing from the first half of the 20th century.

Idrija.

The Idrija Miner's House, Bazovniška 4 (“the den by the kitchen”).

A conservation procedure was performed on the described object for the needs of the museum exhibition. Therefore, no additional interventions are necessary. Security of the premises is taken care of.

good

Regular seasonal maintenance.

- Inventory Book of the Idrija Municipal Museum.

Mestni muzej Idrija

Miha Kosmač

20. 3. 2018

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