Dimensions 110 x 110 cm
70% cotton, 30% flax
Characteristic of South Estonia, beginning from the end of the 18th century is geometric embroidery where white or red cotton yarn is used. Wrap had different names in South Estonia. It was woollen, worn across one’s shoulder or covering the head, if necessary. Only married women had the right to wear one. In the second half of the 19th century old oblong plaids started to be replaced by square shawls according to the urban fashion. In the beginning people bought them but later they started to make them at home or ordered them from weavers. The shawl – as an item to be bought – was regarded as a sign of prosperity. It was worn during cold and rainy weather, folded triangularly; during warmer weather – folded, on one’s arm. Wearing shawls was particularly common in Mulgimaa.
