Collection “Embroidery”

The “Embroidery” collection was established in 1977 and includes embroidered textile materials that have been in the museum’s collection since its inception. Some of them have been acquired during the ethnographic expeditions of the National Museum in different regions of the country, others have been donated or bought from private individuals and collectors.

The collection was enriched considerably after the accession of the National Museum “Rila Monastery”. The collection today has more than eight hundred inventory numbers with more than a thousand items chronologically dating from the 19th to the first half of the 20th century.
Scarf decoration is applied to almost all garments and accessories and is an essential element in the construction of the overall costume. The ornamentation of traditional Bulgarian clothing with vesmo is of ancient origin and was characteristic until the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century, when the changed economic, social, etc. conditions, as well as new aesthetic trends, provoke its fall.

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