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The fourth room exhibits a horizontal loom, which offered great possibilities for the application of various weaving techniques, the creation of complex ornaments, compositions and colouring effects. The final products on display include rugs and carpets, where the highest achievements of the art of weaving were made. An authentic and inseparable part of both the men’s and women’s costume was struka – an archaic wrap made of wool or goat’s hair, richly decorated with long fringes falling freely from the edges. In perfect harmony with the struka, the same discrete and dark colouring was used to adorn tasselled bags, named after the colourful woollen fringes tied in tassels.

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Fourth room

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Upstairs, in the fifth room, there are exhibits characterized by application – a decorative technique which included attaching beads, straps, cords, pieces of leather, baize and the like. Apart from aprons, belts and socks, another item standing out by its decoration of this type is džupeleta, an archaic women’s garment linked to the Illyrian cultural identity.

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Traditional ornaments and national costumes

The sixth room offers a wide range of pieces of clothing, which make up an integral part of costumes from the whole territory of Montenegro (cloaks, jackets, jerkins, silk blouses). Nearly all of them are lavishly adorned with embroidery, which, as the most significant form of artistic decoration, was made on a specific base, in various kinds of stitch, most commonly with woollen and cotton threads with gold and silver, but due to the influence of Islamic art  too.

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Sixth room.

The seventh room displays pieces of clothing and usable household items, predominantly those ornamented with lace and embroidery (bodices, nightdresses, pillowcases, covers, decorative towels and cloths), as well as a representative sample of the carved chest from the coastal area.

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Lace and embroidery

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