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-222
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
The tracing paper is yellow with a purple pattern line. It is hand painted and stained with glue. There is a stamp of Idrija Lacemaking School on the reverse. The pattern is marked with a serial no. 0117, which is subsequently written. This is an example of a pattern of non-continuous metre lace with typical Idrija motif of “pogačka”.
Measures
Length 59.5 cm, width 7.5 cm.
Materials
Cardboard.
Dating
End of the 19th century.
Author / Producer
Manufacturer information is not known.
Picture attachments
Original use
From the painted tracing paper, the lacemakers could see which techniques were intended for the lacemaking. Furthermore, lacemakers still had a choice in interpreting the painted pattern (selection of a technique, adjustment to their own taste and knowledge) in materialisation of bobbin lace. In this case, the Idrija Lacemaking School painted the pattern and gave it to the lacemakers for production. During the time of the operation of the Central Lacemaking Course in Vienna (1879–1907), the Idrija Lacemaking School also received patterns from the Special Drawing Studio, which was operating within the aforementioned course. Despite numerous records of intensive pattern painting by the Ferjančič family (Ivana and Antonija), works with their signatures were not preserved.
Present use
The tracing paper 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. More similar patterns, preserved in the lace collection, can be used for other types of promotion.
Original location
Idrija.
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, depot.
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
The tracing paper was pierced and used repeatedly. Security of the premises is taken care of.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Redno obdobno vzdrževanje.
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.