Small valentine handkerchief - threads are joined together

Product Code:	Lenc.namor_07
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Small valentine handkerchief embroidered by hand with coloured cotton threads.

The Fiancés Art is a essencial part of the popular art and tradition from Minho - Portugal.

This traditional embroidered can be framed. A nice item to exibit as wall decor or just a nice gift to offer to a love one!

«As in this handkerchief/ the threads are joined / so is my soul / united to your heart»

100% Linen

20 x 20 cm

Features
Artisan	Embroidered by Cristina Lopes, Vila Verde.
Composition	100% Linen. Embroidery: 100% perle cotton threads
Size and dimensions	20 cm x 20 cm
Care advice	Hand wash or machine wash up to 40º, do not use bleach, iron at high temperature. Dry in the shade.
Other information	The Fiancés Art is a essencial part of the popular art and tradition. Fiancés Kerchiefs "Lenços de Namorados" are introduced as the most genuine poetic and artistic form used by the young girls of Minho to express their feelings when they were about to reach the age of the marriage, and aspired to win their fiancés hearts. They were for most part square shaped linen or cotton made and embroidered according to the taste of each embroideress, as a part of the female attire they had other purpose: the proof of the embroideresses devotion towards the men they were in love.

45.50€