Embroidery on drawings — pieces from the textile collection of Dr. Nicolae Minovici Museum of Popular Art

Abstract

In a first part, the paper proposes to analyze a short introduction regarding the history of embroidery, from its appearance to embroidery techniques, especially in the Romanian space. In the second part of the paper, a part of the embroideries owned by the museum is analyzed, as well as one of embroidery techniques called the irásos technique. Th is is an embroidery technique of Hungarian origin, a combination of colors and stitching taken to the level of art. On the territory of our country, it is specifi c to the Călata area. Călata or Kalotaszeg is the area between Huedin and Cluj, an area rich in history, but especially ethnography. It should be remembered that, between 1919—1932, Dr. Nicolae Minovici held the position of full professor and head of the department of forensic medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj. He was president of the College of Physicians, founder of the society of professional forensic doctors and of the fi rst journal of forensic medicine in Romania (1936). His collection of traditional art, exhibited today in the museum he designed and created in the early twentieth century, is enriched with pieces from this ethnographic area, from pottery to traditional shirts and embroidery, including eight Hungarian embroidery pieces, made in the irásos technique.