In the beginning of the 20th century, white textile was ornamented with embroidered holes. Changes in house interior included the disappearance of pillows and duvet put on top of the beds, as well as the appearance of new style painted cupboards and new colored embroidery on textile.

First, textile with simple suture appeared in towns and later on in villages. The most important room in the house became the kitchen where the walls were covered with white textile covers. These textiles were made in sets, the furniture covers were all ornamented with the same pattern. These were accompanied with tray and jug covers, little comb and brush holders made of the same type of textile. The patterns were taken from magazines and made at school by children.

The exhibition in the Móra Ferenc Museum gives an insight into the embroidered textile used in kitchens in the 20th century. The museum acquired the objects from the peasantry of Szeged since the 1980. At the turn of the 19-20th centuries, the traditional white embroidery was popular. We show a few of these too focusing on the smaller wall covers and brush holders.

We show wall covers that went after the Dutch fashion, praising the sober husband, those with religious topics and those reciting the lyrics of songs from operettas. Between the wars, wall covers with patriotism were popular.

Besides the material owned by the museum, we also show a selection of the collection of Dr. Boros Zsuzsa, a private collector from Szeged.