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Textiles · Other

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Inv. no. Тк-1215 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Headscarf made of bleached homespun hemp canvas, rectangular in shape, decorated with stylized floral and geometric ornaments embroidered with red and blue threads. Full description

Date
1906
Material
Homespun fabric, bleached hemp canvas, thread, cotton thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand embroidery
Dimensions
54x50 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

Headscarf made of bleached homespun hemp canvas, rectangular in shape, decorated with stylized floral and geometric ornaments embroidered with red and blue threads. The embroidery composition is framed by a broken line; at the corners of the frame are four plants sprouting from sown seeds; the field between the plants is «seeded» with small scattered compositions of three rectangles joined at the corners. Two edges of the headscarf are adorned with short fringes.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-1215
Title
Other
Collection group
Textiles · Other
Date
1906
Material
Homespun fabric, bleached hemp canvas, thread, cotton thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand embroidery
Dimensions
54x50 cm
Place of creation
Ukraine, Poltava province

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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