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-286
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
The tracing paper is yellow with black pattern lines. This is an example of the curriculum with the sequential no. 028 (Lehrgang No 028). The pattern has instructions for making, written in German and Slovene language, on it: “14 pairs. Start with 7 pairs on each side. The foundation (filling) from plaits passes from cloth stitch with two pairs back to the cloth stitch. In the middle, there is a star from plaits and tallies.” The pattern also contains a thread code “#30”. This is an example of a pattern of non-continuous metre lace with typical Idrija motif of garlands.
Measures
Length 65 cm, width 18 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, this is the tracing paper that was a part of the curriculum.
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. 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
Vienna, Austria.
Present location
Idrija Municipal Museum, Gewerkenegg Castle (permanent exhibition »Idrija Lace, A History Written in Thread«).
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
The tracings paper has another pattern (pierced) on the back side. 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.