Poland · Lace making; Textile arts; Lesser Polish heritage
Koronka Klockowa Bobowska
The Bobowa bobbin lace tradition of Lesser Poland — one of two major Polish bobbin lace traditions (the other being Koniakow needle lace CRAFT-1372), using multiple bobbins to create the characteristic delicate white lace motifs of the Bobowa region. The Bobowa koronkarka reads the thread tension through the same acoustic click calibration as the European bobbin lace cluster (CRAFT-1081 through CRAFT-1322) — extending the cluster to Polish linen thread, whose specific click character places it in the mid-range of the European family.
Risk level: Endangered · Bobowa koronka on the Polish national intangible heritage list
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