Romanian Handmade Blouse “Trifoil Cross”
BRS FILES
Collection: Breaza Heritage
Collection: Breaza Heritage
Date Catalogued: October 2025
Origin
Region: Muntenia, Breaza area – Prahova County
Category: Contemporary domestic art blouse (*artă casnică*)
Period: Created after traditional models from the 1970s
Artisans: Women from the Breaza domestic art circles, continuing the local embroidery tradition
Technical Description
Material: Fine handwoven cotton fabric (*pânză topită*), silk threads for embroidery
Color: Warm natural ivory white
Embroidery: White-on-white, stitched with lustrous mercerized cotton thread
Technique: Traditional geometric embroidery (rhombic pattern), hand-stitched and complemented with ajour and inserted lace
Estimated time of work: 2–3 months depending on the complexity of the embroidery
Note: Entirely hand-sewn following the traditional domestic art methods from Breaza. The embroidery preserves the proportions and geometric motifs of interwar blouses, reinterpreted in the 1970s.
