Hungarian lacy embroidered Kalocsa; handmade folk art vintage

Handmade embroidered oval tablecloth with authentic Hungarian Kalocsa pattern. This is a beautiful Hand made Hungarian Lace, called Richelieu. Richly embroidered colorful, amazing floral pattern. An excellent home decoration, a beautiful and original vintage piece of folk art! This type of embroidery is the most time consuming folk art. If you buy it, you buy something unique. The samples are being drawn on tracing paper, punched with a needle and then placed on a textile. Thereafter a mixture of wax and blue paint (or white paint) is processed into the holes through the paper with a paraffin brush. After the sample is completed, embroidery follows. Every single tablecloth is a unique piece and they are all handmade. Preserving folk traditions is very important as the Hungarian folklore represents tremendous value. Material cotton, made with white, red, green, pink yarn. 100% hand embroidery Perfect gift