Every so often a vague memory from my youth will surface and bother me until I track it down. So hopefully this sounds familiar to someone:
When I was a kid, so let's say the 1950s, we would visit my Great-grandmother on Sundays. She would have been born in southern Poland in the 1880s.
On one wall in her house was a piece of what I can only call religious decor. It was not a painting, but it was in a frame. The art itself was covered with a piece of glass such that there was maybe a centimeter and a half space between the back of the art and the glass in front. I forget exactly what the image was. It might have been the Holy Family, or just a house and garden. But the image was enhanced with what I believe was dried plant materials: straw flowers and the like. I remember there was a motto on the inside, that included the word "Bog." That's why I think it was religious.
Does this sound familiar? Some sort of "God Bless Our Home" skinny diorama to hang on a wall? Is this a familiar art or craft in Poland, and if so, where is it practiced? It might have been factory produced, for all I know, but I can't picture any machinery to put it together.
Thanks for any help.
Sounds familiar... Such decorations were very popular at our grandparents houses. Not so popular now.
I've got your message from my cousin Paul - you asked about family in Piwniczna - I could help you more as my father worked on family genealogical tree and there are relatives you asked about.
Regards,
kdj
My grandmother's house had a picture of St Theresa of Avila on the living room wall; and, another in her bedroom. I always thought that that was a picture of Angela who lived several doors down. I never could figure out why she kept pictures of Angela.