Name 1
LACE - GUIPURE
Name 2
/
ID number
002.481.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Municipal Museum, Prelovčeva 9, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Municipality of Idrija, Mestni trg 1, SI-5280 Idrija
Local / Original ID Number
510:IDR;CZ-13
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
According to the basic production technique, the piece described can be placed among the bobbin tape lace. It is a metre tape lace, namely guipure with a motif of crosses. Elements and techniques of bobbin lacemaking used: cloth stitch with six pairs of inner and outer pins; fillings: plaited net, outer edge. It is typical for the described lace that it is made in a repeated stylised plant motif.
Measures
Length 20.5 cm, width 12.5 cm.
Materials
Flax.
Dating
The beginning of the 20th century.
Author / Producer
Manufacturer information is not known.
Picture attachments
Original use
Guipures were used for decorative edges of clothing for worship, altar cloths, and other church and house textiles (e.g. towels, bedding). In the 19th century, patterns, mostly likely brought from Croatia, were mass produced in Idrija. These were called guipure, the new lace, the tiny, Croatian lace or church lace. In Slovenia, they were mostly used for decorating church textiles especially. Most of them are used on Slovenian Church Icing for textiles, especially for trimming of clerical cloaks. Regarding origin, we could find similarities with Milanese lace.
Present use
The described lace is being preserved, secured and presented as important mining heritage of Idrija with exceptional universal values. It is physical evidence of the centuries-old bobbin lace tradition and knowledge of bobbin lace making in Idrija. It is a part of the lace collection of Idrija Municipal Museum. It can be used for temporary museum exhibitions or for other types of promotions. Guipure is no longer made nowadays. Patterns of guipure are kept by the Idrija Municipal Museum.
Original location
Idrija.
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, depot.
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
The described point ground lace was conserved in 2009. Additional interventions are not necessary. Security of the premises is taken care of.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- Inventory Book of the Idrija Municipal Museum;
- Cook, M. Bridget, Tratnik, Metka. Idrija Lace: Patterns from the Idrija School of Lace Slovenia. London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1999;
- Gnezda, Mirjam, Žagar, Janja et al. (ur.). Idrijska čipka in njeno mesto med Evropskimi čipkami. Idrija, Občina Idrija, 2006;
- Gnezda Bogataj, Mirjam, Terpin Mlinar, Marija, Bajec Rupnik, Urška. Z nitjo povezane: etnološki film o idrijski čipki ter klekljaricah z Idrijskega in Cerkljanskega. Idrija, Friendly Production, Mestni muzej Idrija, 2013;
- Terpin Mlinar, Marija et al. (ur.). Idrijska čipka: z nitjo pisana zgodovina. Idrija, Mestni muzej Idrija, 2012;
- Verbič, Marija. O začetkih slovenskega čipkarstva s posebnim ozirom na Idrijo. Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino, 17, 3/1969, str. 157‒160.
- Cook, M. Bridget, Tratnik, Metka. Idrija Lace: Patterns from the Idrija School of Lace Slovenia. London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1999;
- Gnezda, Mirjam, Žagar, Janja et al. (ur.). Idrijska čipka in njeno mesto med Evropskimi čipkami. Idrija, Občina Idrija, 2006;
- Gnezda Bogataj, Mirjam, Terpin Mlinar, Marija, Bajec Rupnik, Urška. Z nitjo povezane: etnološki film o idrijski čipki ter klekljaricah z Idrijskega in Cerkljanskega. Idrija, Friendly Production, Mestni muzej Idrija, 2013;
- Terpin Mlinar, Marija et al. (ur.). Idrijska čipka: z nitjo pisana zgodovina. Idrija, Mestni muzej Idrija, 2012;
- Verbič, Marija. O začetkih slovenskega čipkarstva s posebnim ozirom na Idrijo. Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino, 17, 3/1969, str. 157‒160.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
21. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never