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My Grandmother's Carpet
This carpet was made by my grandmother in the winter. She had her own loom in her home in Vutcani in Romania. The wool was made from my grandfather's sheep. He had over 100 sheep. The women of the village came together with their craft to talk and share stories. The craft was shared from generation to generations.
When my grandparents passed away, I asked if I could have the carpet as I was th…
Contributors
- Mihai
Subject
- Emigration from Romania
- Heirlooms
- Home furnishing
- Immigration to Ireland
- Grandparents
- Romanian community in Ireland
- …
- Family
- Human migration
- Romania
- Customs and traditions
Contributors
- Mihai
Subject
- Emigration from Romania
- Heirlooms
- Home furnishing
- Immigration to Ireland
- Grandparents
- Romanian community in Ireland
- …
- Family
- Human migration
- Romania
- Customs and traditions
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Limerick
- Limerick city
- Romania
- Romania
- Limerick
- Republic of Ireland
Identifier
- 021
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/b90385c0-d7b2-0136-9dce-6eee0af7d2fa
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana Migration Collection Day, Limerick, The Hunt Museum, 2018-11-30–2018-12-02
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-25T07:44:14.396Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-03T11:15:17.292Z