COLLECTION OF TEXTILES | COLLECTION OF TEXTILES |
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Head of the Collection: Pavica Vilac, Curator The collection of textiles includes some three hundred various items ranging in date from the 17th to the beginning of the 20th century. The majority of exhibits originate from Dubrovnik and have been acquired by the Museum. A smaller number of items were either presented or confiscated after the Second World War. Items of interest include official uniforms from the Dubrovnik Republic as well as outdoor patrician suits. The uniforms made of silk damask are a more simple work by local craftsmen, while the outdoor silk suits are richly embellished and probably originate from abroad. These 18th-century items once belonged to patrician families and reflect the European fashion trends of the time. The collection also includes an 18th-century ship flag of the Dubrovnik Republic with the figure of St. Blasius painted on woollen cloth, as well as Dubrovnik lace of the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition, there is a dozen of oriental carpets from the 18th and 19th centuries, some fifteen early 20th-century flags with the figure of St. Blasius, flags of choral and worker's societies dating from the turn of the century, parts of civil women's and men's dress and accessories from the early 20th century, several festive military uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, some seventy fragments of various silk fabrics largely dating back to the 18th century, including a number of 17th-century items, as well as a dozen of fans mostly dating from the 19th century. Copyright MDC
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