roots and tradition

#Romanian Ensemble at the @Metropolitan Museum of Art Date: 1800–1939 Culture: Romanian Medium: linen, wool Credit Line: Gift of Miss Irene Lewisohn and Alice Lewisohn Crowley, 1939

Traditional Romanian blouses are made from cotton or linen, sometimes silk, and embroidered in a variety of patterns. This site gives a library of patterns: http://semne-cusute.blogspot.co.uk/ .

Girl in Costume - Port din Cărbunar (Bănat)

Transylvania. Romanian. Did I ever tell you about the time I asked my mother to bring me one of these when she visited Transylvania?

Awesome Romanian traditional clothing

Patterns on a handmade Romanian blouse from 1937.

The Romanian Blouse. A detail from a shirt of Tinutul Padurenilor in Batrina, Hunedoara.

Romanian traditional folk costume

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