CARPET WEAVING

AMONG SERBS IN VOJVODINA

1850-1950
On the Thematic Exhibition
Museum of Vojvodina Novi Sad 2003.
Summary

Location
Ethnographic textiles prevails at The Permanent
Exhibition
Thematic Exhibition on Carpets:
Opening night
Conception and design
Views at the Exhibition


Museum of Vojvodina
Continues the tradition of The Matica
Srpska Museum, established in 1847,
aimed to be "a miror of people`s lives
and home enviroment from The
Paleolitics up to the nowdays"
The Permanent Exhibition
Kloto - spins ones destiny - tomb from 4
th
century
Or various priest's garments
Folk costumes
Agriculture and Home Weaving
Current plans
Building is under the necessary
reconstruction
Modernization of working processes,
computerization especially
Archaeological researches
Publishing, as well as, thematic exhibitions
Two of Museum projects promote
The Folk Carpet Collection


Bed Spreads Making of Serbs in Vojvodina
(Monograprhy) by Dr. Mirjana Maluckov

Carpet Weaving Among Serbs in Vojvodina
1850-1950
Carpet weaving Among Serbs in
Vojvodina 1850-1950
By Bratislava Idvorean-Stefanovic;
Designed by Mr. Dragan Radovanovic, sculptor
Thematic Exhibition
Idea of The Exhibition

The selection covers the basic
typological characteristic of
composition creations,
ornamentations and colours at the
Region, having geographical and
chronological dimension too

Few following photos could show a
way of setting exhibits up in the hall
Additional aspects of the exhibition are:

1. A depiction of the process of the
preparation of the warp for carpet
weaving and the placing of the warp
on the loom
2. an analytical exhibition of the
variations within the tapestry
weaving technique as the basic
carpet weaving one
Shuttled rep weave
Tapestry weaving with cascading slits
Cascading change of colours with
varying number of warp threads
Tapestry weave by tying at the beginning / end of the slit
Tapestry weaving with minimal slits by tying several threads
Stitching by alternation ot two colours in the same line
Stitching by dividing the line of alternation of the colours
So called coptic - by compacting of warp threads

A few picturesque images from
folk carpets - ornaments on the
traditional motifs
We should also see, a few
images of typical samples
from the Exhibition
Traditional Roles

Exhibition and publication financed
by the Provincial Secretariat for
Education and Culture of the
Executive Council of Vojvodina

Presentation Made by B.Idvorean-Stefanovic
September 19
th
2003.