Lepoglavska čipka

The marvellous lace – beauty and enchantment, is believed to have been introduced in Croatia by the Pauline Order. With the aid of a firm circular base and an even number of wooden tappers (cushion and tappers), over a drawn model, interwoven in a manner that emphasizes in relief the contours of individual motifs, whose surface is always made in a combination of dense and scarce interweaving. Lepoglava lace experienced its true flowering at the end of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century, thanks to the Honorable Zlata Šufflay, who first organized the production of lace and its refinement through the use of folk decoration.