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the Textiles
Łódź is known as one of the most important
worldwide centres of textile industry, which grew in the second half of the
nineteenth and twentieth century. Its importance was formed in less than a
hundred years, between 1821 and 1914. The development of our city on a major
scale began in 1820, when the decision of government was to include Łódź to the
group of industrial settlements and give it a role of the centre of textile and
drapery. This decision initiated the development of "Industrial
Łódź." Since that time, great entrepreneurs and workers from In those days, Łódź grew up to be
the largest textile centre in the Our city still cherishes textile
traditions - rapidly functioning department of fashion design at the
In addition to traditional woven tapestry, we can see fabrics made of glass,
plastic or wicker. The only requirement is to use the warp and weft. The Central
Museum of Textiles also
organizes workshops for amateurs
of creative crafts; educational
programs and museum lessons bring
the participants closer to the
reviving art of folk
crafts (such
as embroidery, lace, knitting) and handicraft competitions and
exhibitions aimed at amateur
artists, of which most known is the
"Golden Needle"
– an annual National Exhibition
of Cross Stitch. In the Łódź
region there are places
with long traditions
of crafts and
folklore. The most interesting ethnographic areas, retaining the
traditional elements of
culture are: Łowicz
region, Opoczno and Sieradz. These
regions attract the attention by their colorful folk
costumes, abundance of art and still living tradition
of rites and
customs. The most notable in this respect is the Łowicz folklore,
which is one of the most recognizable in Characteristic elements
of the Łowicz region are the folk handicrafts, including cutouts of
colored paper, as well
as music, dance and original costume of
Łowicz. Paper cutting Lowicz cutouts are true works of art, shining with all colors
of the rainbow. Cutouts can be exhibited both in the
rustic and modern
interior. They look
perfect in both rich
frames and simple clip
frames. In They were also stuck on the
walls, ceiling joists or
furnace tiles. We
divide them into three groups: - Round "Gwiozdy”
("Stars”) - rectangular "Kodry" - Vertical "Ribbons" On the cutouts one will find symmetrical and geometric plant motifs, scenes from peasant life: work, holidays, folk rituals. Currently, amateur artists maintain the tradition of cutting. Embroidery | |
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