Review article

Originals and reconstructions as protected goods

Josip Forjan ; National costume rental and production workshop, Zagreb

Abstract

The article describes the holdings and the development of the National Costume Rental and Production Workshop (hereinafter: Workshop) which looks after more than 29,000 parts of national and folklore costumes and which is, in terms of its activity and its collection, a unique institution in the Republic of Croatia. The article presents rare
items in the collection, the ways of its conservation, storage and maintenance, and the process of protection of the collection as cultural property. It highlights the advances in reconstruction&restoration, the contribution of the collection to the preservation of the Croatian traditional cultural heritage, to the reconstruction of textile handicrafts, and its impact on the development of costimography on the amateur folklore scene.

Keywords

National costume rental and production workshop (Zagreb); national costume reconstruction; folklore amateurism

Hrčak ID:

152920

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/152920

Publication date:

31.12.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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