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East European Textiles
MSU Museum textile collections contain fine examples
of traditional clothing and textiles of eastern Europe, many of which are
hand woven and feature intricate embroidery in motifs and patterns traditional
to their respective regions.
Highlights of the collection include: five-piece women’s wool ensemble
including chemise, sleeveless coat, apron, socks and shoes from Bulgaria;
several embroidered linen or wool runners, tablecloths and doilies with
traditional embroidered designs from various regions in Poland; woven stair
carpets, a 19th century embroidered table runner depicting a Jewish wedding,
a woven apron and other clothing items from Russia; several examples of
embroidered Ukrainian household textiles, including pieces made by Michigan
Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Awardee Eugenia Worobkevich of Warren, Michigan;
a complete women’s outfit and portions of a man’s ensemble dating
from 1930s Czechoslovakia; several pieces from Serbia and Croatia collected
in the 1920s, including a man’s traditional embroidered wool outfit
from Dubrovnik and a man’s wedding apron and a woman’s silk
coat, both heavily embellished with metal thread embroidery.
These items are part of a much larger collection of textiles from around
the world, held in trust by MSU Museum. Materials from this collection are
made available to researchers and students by appointment.
Donors and Fieldworker:
Carolyn Wicker, Eve Boicourt, Merry Silber, Eva Hlasny, Lester Wegrzecki,
Dr. Yvonne R. Lockwood, Dr. William G. Lockwood, Eugenia Worobkevich.
Related Collections:
African and African Diasporic Collections
Arab and Arab-American Collections
Southeast Asian Hill Tribe Textiles and Hmong
Clothing and Textile Collections
International
Textile Collection
William Mithoefer Collection of African Textiles
---compiled by Dr. Yvonne R. Lockwood and Lynne Swanson, 2006
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