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The finest manifestations of Hungarian arts are the embroideries which vary from region to region. Sárköz in Transdanubia and the Matyóföld in the Great Plain are the regions that produce the finest embroideries in Hungary. In the Sárköz region, the women's caps show black and white designs as delicate as lace. The designs of Kalotaszeg in Transylvania are contain Oriental influence sewn chiefly in a single color like red, blue, or black. |
Kalocsa needlework
It is quite exquisite. ‘Writing women’ in the town on the Danube in Southern Hungary draw their designs on white or pastel colored fabrics. Daisies, marigolds, cornflowers, poppies, lilies, tulips and roses furnish the colorful motifs. Kalocsa designs are also applied to wall decorations.
Matyó folk embroidery
Originated in Mezökövesd Matyó, folk embroidery is popular both within Hungary and abroad. Shawls, tablecloths and aprons of black material are thickly embroidered with a dense accumulation of multicolored flowers in rich Oriental colors. The colors used in Matyo decorative work are considered to be symbolic. Black represents the soil from which life springs, red is the color of summer representing light and joy and blue is the symbol of grief and death.
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Embroidery of Székelys costumes In Transylvania, the easternmost part of the Carpathian Basin, both men and women wear leather jackets of various lengths and shapes richly embroidered with traditional patterns. Another ancestral material used by the Magyars is broadcloth made of sheep's wool. The Székelys make this special cloth and color it with vegetable dyes. The women's skirts are always striped. The combinations of black & red and green & blue are the usual colors, especially for the younger women. |
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Kalotaszeg art
One of the favorite destinations for lovers of ethnographic art in Transylvania is Kalotaszeg. The lines and cut of the women's costumes in Kalotaszeg conform to the structure of the human body, so that besides being picturesque they are architectonic too. Women's aprons, worn both front and back, are especially interesting parts of their apparel. Both aprons are gathered into small folds. The back apron is hemmed with broad, colored cloth, generally bright red. It is fastened in such a way that the colored hem shows curious shapes especially when walking; the movements of its wearer are accentuated. The pearly headbands worn by the girls in Kalotaszeg are modeled after those worn by the noble ladies of earlier times.
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