Museum for Ethnology, Vienna, Austria. Romanian embroidery pattern designs of 19th century originals. Traditional embroidery from sleeve, shoulder and front of a shirt. Sleeve embroideries.
Transylvanian prayer rugs. From Asia Minor. XVIIth century. Left one owned by Baron Charles Kaffner, Budapest; the other by the Arts and Crafts Museum, Budapest.
Historical, traditional Romania costumes 1850s. Gallery: Les nations. Album des Costumes De Tous les Pays. Par Alexandre Lacauchie. Paris. Maison Martinet. Haute Cœur frères 41, Rue Vivienne et 146, Rue de… Read More
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
Men from the Mountains in Wallachia, Romania.
Men from Dorobautz Romania. Wallachian Costume 1843. Engraved by Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821-1881) From the Book: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on authentic documents and and newer… Read More
Young Wallachian Girl costume 1840. From the Book: Manners, customs and costumes of all peoples of the world, based on authentic documents and and newer travel (1843) by Auguste Wahlen. (Mœurs,… Read More
Peasant woman from Maramureș. (Tărancă din Maramureș.) Gallery: Romanian Folk Costumes. Portul popular romanesc by Alexandrina Enachescu Cantemir. Editeur: Prof. Dimitrie Gusti. Published: Scrisul Romanesc, S.A., Craiova 1937.
Peasant woman from Suceava District, Bucovina. (Tărancă din Suceava, Bucovina.) Gallery: Romanian Folk Costumes. Portul popular romanesc by Alexandrina Enachescu Cantemir. Editeur: Prof. Dimitrie Gusti. Published: Scrisul Romanesc, S.A., Craiova… Read More
Peasant woman from Mureș, Transylvania. (Tărancă tanara depe Mureș, Transilvania.) Gallery: Romanian Folk Costumes. Portul popular romanesc by Alexandrina Enachescu Cantemir. Editeur: Prof. Dimitrie Gusti. Published: Scrisul Romanesc, S.A., Craiova… Read More
Peasant woman from Bistrița-Năsăud, Transylvania. (Tărancă din Bistrița-Năsăud, Transilvania.) Gallery: Romanian Folk Costumes. Portul popular romanesc by Alexandrina Enachescu Cantemir. Editeur: Prof. Dimitrie Gusti. Published: Scrisul Romanesc, S.A., Craiova 1937.
