Traditional Textiles and Economic Development: Lithuanian Groups in Latvia's Border Regions

Comparable Analysis of the Ornamentation of Folk Bedspreads of the Western Part of Ukraine and Lithuania

“…Cotton can also be attributed to the most popular fibres, the use of which differs from wool only by 6.3 % in Lithuania. The references [8,11] confirm the results given.…”

“…Publications of both countries devoted to the material, technical, ornamental and colouring features of traditional bedspreads can be grouped by the level of coverage of the problem. There are a few general investigations about some aspects of the manufacturing and decoration of folk bedspreads: Sydorovych [5] and Nykorak [6,7] in Ukraine and Tallat-Kelpšaitė-Niunkienė [8,9], Bernotienė, Galaunienė, Rimdeikienė [10] and Savoniakaitė [11] in Lithuania.…”

Comparative Analysis of Western Ukrainian and Lithuanian Folk Towels

“…Usually, the combinations of a few motives were used in one towel. The motives of overshot towels are described in more detail in references [5,11,17,18, 24-26]. The most popular motifs of the towels are also confirmed in data from expeditions in different ethnographic regions of Lithuania.…”

“…Therefore, researchers from various branches of traditional art have paid attention to them within the scope of their research. We can single out general works in which towels were considered part of the traditional ethnographic textiles of the entire nation: Sydorovych [1], Studenets [2], Nykorak [3], Balčikonis [4], Savoniakaitė [5], Nenartavičiūtė [6], and its separate ethnographic groups: Nykorak [7] -Hutsul ethnographic region (Ukraine), Oliinyk [8] -Pokuttia ethnographic region (Ukraine), Boriak [9] -Podillia ethnographic region (Ukraine), Nėnienė [10] -Zanavykai ethnographic region (Lithuania), Benedikienė [11] -Dzūkija ethnographic region (Lithuania). In a separate group, we see publications on the semantics and function of traditional towels in the context of ritual practices (Andrushko [12], Herus [13]).…”