Product code: Vintage sale Folk Art Hungarian Matyó Embroidered Picture Album
This is a beautiful Vintage Folk Art Hungarian sale Matyó Embroidered Picture Album. It is bound in natural linen with a top featuring a super vivid wool embroidery. Inside, there are 15 black pages for photos, each preceded by parchment paper. It measures 13 x 8 x .5 inches overall and holds 4 x 6 or 3 x 5 inch pictures. It is in great vintage condition with virtually no flaws besides a small nick on the inside cover (shown in photos.) The folk art of the Roman Catholic Matyó community in and around the town of Mezőkövesd in north-eastern Hungary is characterized by floral motifs that are found in flat-stitch embroidery and ornamented objects. Matyó embroidery decorates the traditional dress of the region, worn by local people in celebratory events and in folk dancing and singing.
This is a beautiful Vintage Folk Art Hungarian sale Matyó Embroidered Picture Album. It is bound in natural linen with a top featuring a super vivid wool embroidery. Inside, there are 15 black pages for photos, each preceded by parchment paper. It measures 13 x 8 x .5 inches overall and holds 4 x 6 or 3 x 5 inch pictures. It is in great vintage condition with virtually no flaws besides a small nick on the inside cover (shown in photos.) The folk art of the Roman Catholic Matyó community in and around the town of Mezőkövesd in north-eastern Hungary is characterized by floral motifs that are found in flat-stitch embroidery and ornamented objects. Matyó embroidery decorates the traditional dress of the region, worn by local people in celebratory events and in folk dancing and singing.