czech embroidery - art that keeps you warm

Something I've been meaning to post for quite some time now is the fruits of a 2024 visit to the National Museum in Prague. The thing that I most wanted to see in the Czech Republic was traditional embroidered clothing looks like, and the Ethnographic Museum was able to satisfy my curiosity. Every single stitch of embroidery on these pieces was made by hand. This was really the art form of the…