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The Jelka Miš collection of embroidery patterns – neighbouring countries

Collection manager:
Branka Hajdić, senior curator
e-mail: branka.hajdic@dumus.hr

The collection has seven hundred patterns of needlework from original specimens from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia.

The patterns were made by Jelka Miš with pupils in the Popular Embroidery Studio, which was at work in her house in Dubrovnik from 1929 to 1946.

Pattern of needlework from a Macedonian shirt

Dubrovnik, 20th century
panama linen, DMC thread; needlework
DUM EM 2698

Pattern of needlework from a Kosovo shirt

Dubrovnik, 20th century
panama linen, DMC thread; needlework
DUM EM 2520

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