Name 1
BROAD TAPE LACE
Name 2
/
ID number
002.485.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-1734
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
According to its basic production method, the item described is placed among non-continuous lace. It is a completed tape lace (oval). It is produced in a narrow stitch and double stitch technique. The prevailing motif in it is floral. Elements and techniques of bobbin lacemaking used: broad tape technique with outer and inner pins, plaited edge with picots; fillings: narrow tape with outer pins and double twisting along the edges, leaves in a combination of cloth stitch and half stitch.
Measures
Length 35 cm, width 25.5 cm.
Materials
Cotton (no. 30).
Dating
2004
Author / Producer
Milena Kalan
Picture attachments
Original use
The described object is used an independent (standalone) product (tablecloth). It was made with reference to the Zorka Rupnik pattern (1905–1989), stored by the Idrija Municipal Museum (CZ-972). The described lace was made by a member of the Idrija Lacemakers’ Society for the needs of the museum. It is a proof of the preservation of the lacemaking tradition and skills of making Idrija lace until this day. For its production, 40 hours of bobbin lacemaking was required. It was made within the open cultural project of the movable cultural heritage: travelling exhibition “Idrija Lace - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”. The aforementioned project was co-financed by the Municipality of Idrija and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
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 the Idrija Municipal Museum. Visitors can view it within the permanent museum exhibition Idrija Lace, History Written in Thread, which tells the story of the handmade, Idrija bobbin lace. More similar patterns preserved in the lace collection of the Idrija Municipal Museum can be used for other types of promotion.
Original location
Idrija.
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, Gewerkenegg Castle (permanent exhibition »Idrija Lace, A History Written in Thread«).
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
The described lace is appropriately preserved. 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. (ed.). Idrijska čipka in njeno mesto med Evropskimi čipkami. Idrija, The Municipality of 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, Idrija Municipal Museum, 2013;
- Terpin Mlinar, Marija et al. (ed.). Idrijska čipka: z nitjo pisana zgodovina. Idrija, Idrija Municipal Museum, 2012;
- Verbič, Marija. O začetkih slovenskega čipkarstva s posebnim ozirom na Idrijo. Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino, 17, 3/1969, p. 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. (ed.). Idrijska čipka in njeno mesto med Evropskimi čipkami. Idrija, The Municipality of 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, Idrija Municipal Museum, 2013;
- Terpin Mlinar, Marija et al. (ed.). Idrijska čipka: z nitjo pisana zgodovina. Idrija, Idrija Municipal Museum, 2012;
- Verbič, Marija. O začetkih slovenskega čipkarstva s posebnim ozirom na Idrijo. Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino, 17, 3/1969, p. 157‒160.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
21. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never