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Folk art embroidery: the meaning of the embroidered flowers
What is Kalocsa embroidery? Motifs and meanings of Kalocsa embroidery:
It is a handmade embroidery style incorporating mixed stitching embroidery techniques. It includes flower motifs, certain fruits, and various types of leaves. Initially (in the 19th century), only a few colors were used (white, black, then red and blue), but nowadays, we use 27 colors.
The characteristic features of the embroidery are the direction of the stitches and the shades of colors. Among the depictions of flowers, the rose dominates, and for filling spaces, forget-me-not, lily, tulip, wheat ear, violet, cornflower, red bell pepper, and other fruits are used.