ZLATOVEZ

Gold embroidery is a technique in which the connection is made with gold thread. There are two types of gold thread, gold and white gold. Technique is usually to do with gold over paper, because most shows the beauty of gold embroidery. Recognized as Slavonian souvenir.

Gold embroidery appeared in the 19th century, and was a sign of prestige, some rural families and their daughters and sons, because the team made the most festive embroidery girls 'and boys' busts rubies. Before the berths in the countryside, gold embroidery is worked on the courts, in the churches and wealthy families. The gold embroidery was written in the 13th century, the Dubrovnik area. The world famous Dresden School of gold embroidery from which they originated zlatovezilje many European capitals. Gold embroidery in Slavonia was especially appreciated at the time of Bishop JJ Strossmayer and his secretary exemplary priest and our greatest ethnographer Milka Čepelica. Milko Cepelić admired the natural talent of our rural women who embroider gold. Their work and wanted to show everyone, especially strangers. They were attracted to gold embroidered costumes of our women in them look "like the Queen."

At one time gold embroidery and making folk costume was suppressed. But in some villages Đakovštine, and other parts of Slavonia, he never ceased to embroider gold. Grandmothers are usually taught their daughters or granddaughters. From 70-these are gold embroidery worked in elementary schools these villages, and then after the war Croatian Association of Technical Culture organized workshops for educators to teach in their schools, our students and other top embroidery skills. For gold embroidery was in charge of Professor. Rose of the crab-Smiljanić skill that ties gold learned in his native village Levanjskoj Varos, continued at a seminar in Gorjani who led teacher Mary Jaeger-Vukovac and rural zlatovezilje, but also through personal contacts with known zlatoveziljama from Đakovštine aunt Kata Bogdanovic from Gorjana and Ević Kovacevic from Koritna. Much of what is essential about the gold embroidery was taught by our renowned ethnologist Mrs. Zdenka Lechner and Mrs. Mande musicians. So all those who have tried their hands at gold embroidery or ga want to work must know that stitch across the sample cut from thin cardboard paper must enclose vibrant gold, or more twisted gold threads, and then decorate the pipes, đendarima, barley and Katori which adorn gaps in the link.