Rushnyk

Rushnyk made of bleached homespun linen canvas, embroidered with red and blue threads. The ornament is stylized floral-geometric and geometric. The ends of the rushnyk are decorated with an ornament of three separate branches, flanked by scattered squares arranged in groups of three. A broken line and a strip of individual diagonal crosses run along the perimeter. The edges are hemmed with overcasting. The center and corners are adorned with tassels. Provenance: Belonged to the collection of the pre-war Museum of Sloboda Ukraine named after H.S. Skovoroda.