Textile dyeing Serbian tradition – Get close to techniques of vegetable dyeing textiles as an important element of ecological cultural Serb heritage!

Textile dyeing Serbian tradition – Dyeing homemade Textiles was mostly women’s domestic work among the Serbs, until the beginning of the 20th century. Professional dyers got to dye yarn only for ceremonial purposes. Dyestuffs of foreign origin were primarily indigo, kermes (Worm Kermes, the name originated in Sanscrit kermi =worm), and rose madder. Synthetic colors …

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Colors Traditional Roles Serbia – Exhibition READING COLORS gets us to know very new complex information about colorful museum textiles

Colors traditional roles Serbia – The idea and material for this post come from the exhibition Reading Colors, authored by organized at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade (September 2023-March 2024). I visited the exhibition, attended the author’s tour, and collected the material in December last year. The only reason for the delay is my hope …

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