Снежинка / Snowflake / Towel "Wedding"

Towel "Wedding" made of flax. Decorated with chain stitch embroidery and handmade lace naprolet.Towels have long been a symbol of human life, and the information about the ritual towels were coded in symbols ornamental embroidery. Wedding towel depicted a pair of paintings of birds, flowers, trees as symbols of love and happy marriage. The drawings of seeds and sprouts served as a wish of good luck and wealth, and various spirals and curls a Wake-up call of their ancestors. Mandatory element in the form of radiant circles and rhombuses was the suns as a patronage of divine forces.The wedding sewn so many towels, so they could decorate the walls in the house and give all the relatives of the groom. The embroidered towels were woven arch and hang back wedding sleigh, tied to the bride and groom during the ceremony, held them in the Church during the wedding ceremony and after the ceremony, upon request, gave the priest. Size: 225*45 cm Composition: linen