Easter Eggs from Moravia (Ostereier aus Mähren)
25 February – 29 April 2007, Ethnographic Museum Schloss Kittsee, Austria
Exhibition-Catalogue at www.schloss-kittsee.at
fig.: Easter eggs with batik print, 1960ies, South-East Moravia/Moravian Slovakia (Uherský Brod); Collection of the Ethnographic Institute, Moravian Museum Brno (Czech Republic)

Batik printed eggs can be found in different other regions in Europe like Poland, Hungary, the Balkans, ... The traditional ornaments of these eggs are made of figural motives (flowers, hearts, birds, ...). These elements have been transferred from textile embroideries. next>>>