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-305
Type of Object
Daily life
Description
Short description
The bed sheet has six triangular pieces of lace sewed in and a bobbin lace band on the upper edge. The sheets has also embroidered initials “M and T”. The sewed-in lace is called brains – a combination of continuous and non-continuous completed lace.
Measures
Length 260 cm, width 220 cm.
Materials
Linen, flax.
Dating
First half of the 20th century.
Author / Producer
Information is not known about the lace maker.
Picture attachments
Original use
According to its dimensions, the sheet was intended for a double bed. The sheet was a part of the resounding exhibitions “Lace from Grandmother’s Chest”, which were placed on view in Idrija, during the time of the Lace Festivals in 1992 and 1993. In addition, the aforementioned exhibition was also in the Križanke Culture-Information Centre in Ljubljana (09/12/1993–06/01/1994).
Present use
The sheet with the bobbin 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:
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.