Clopotiva household, Hunedoara county
Paraschiva Filan's house from Clopotiva, dated in 1920, was transferred in the Village Museum in the year 2004. Originating from a clustered village at less than 5 km from Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, it is representative for the folk architecture of the Hațeg Land at the beginning of the 20th century. Beside the house, in the yard one can note a series of annexes from the village of Paros that illustrate the main occupations in the area, animal husbandry and agriculture: a barn with two stables, a cornloft and a pigsty and henhouse.
The house with “two rows” (the ground floor and the floor above) has four steep roof slopes and a tile covering. The ground floor walls are made of stone, plastered with soil mortar and whitewashed, and the floor above is made of rectangularly hewed fir beams with straight joints. On the upper floor one can note also the simple veranda, closed with pillars and a parapet.
The two floors serve different needs. On the ground floor, the kitchen can be found, which was living in during the summer, and the cellar. On the floor above, with separate entries from the veranda, are the guest room (“the room at the road”) and the living room, in which the family slept during the winter. Here also the village girls' get-togethers were organised, when the hemp or the wool was spun, while the girls sang or told stories.
The interior specific is given by “the rod carpet” placed above the bed, 3-4 meters long, decorated with red, yellow, blue and green geometric motifs. Various rectangular fabrics from hep, cotton and coloured industrial cotton embellish the walls. Under the transversal beam, above the window, a peg rack supports several decorative plates and pitchers made of glazed ceramic. The fir furniture is simple and functional, being made of benches, beds, tables with high chairs or cabinets. One can also note the salt boxes from birch bark or the carved dowry chests.
