Summary
Length of Red Fabric, with traditional design from the Nica Region of Latvia, made by Anita Apinis-Herman, circa 1995. Anita is second generation Latvian weaver, she was taught by her mother Anna and then undertook further training at the Melbourne College of Textiles. This cloth is woven in the traditional colours and patterns of the Nica region on the west coast of Latvia. It was produced on a four shaft table loom using satin weave and an inlay pattern. It was copied from a sample seen in the Displaced Persons Camp in Memmingen, Germany, by Anita's mother.
Physical Description
A woven red coloured fabric with red fringe on both ends. There are lines across the fabric, between the lines are diagonal patterns sewn on in colours white, dark blue, black, yellow, mauve and dark green. Across the fabric are lines sewn on. There are other designs embroidered on, some with hearts, some circles in the colours white, blue, pink, green, mauve, yellow.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Clothing & Textiles, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Childhood
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Artist
Mrs Anita Apinis-Herman, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by 1995
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Other Association (See Comments)
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
725 mm (Length), 2760 mm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
725 mm (Length), 2760 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Clothing Accessories, Cultural Identity, Handcrafts, Latvian Communities, Latvian Immigration, Traditional Costumes, Weaving, Woolwork, Refugees, Displaced Persons, Displaced Persons Camps
