Kalocsa , 88 miles South of Budapest is a small town famous for its paprika and its folk art.
Colourful motifs including flowers and paprika were traditionally painted on walls, furniture, eggs and embroidered to make clothes and home furnishings
This style of embroidery using bright colours was popular at the beginning of the 20th century. Before that the embroidery of this area was generally done with white thread on white cloth.
The examples above are all vintage and embroidered on home woven cloth.
