Woman’s shirt

Shirt with a straight silhouette, 'to the hem.' The body and hem are sewn from five panels (body from two, hem from three). The sleeve is straight with a gusset and an insert, sewn along the warp, gathered at the bottom into small pleats using the 'sewing to the collar' technique, on a narrow band with double 'stem stitch,' decorated at the top with seven rows of 'puff stitches' (21 cm long). The sleeve and insert on the back side are decorated with a double 'stem stitch.' The body and inserts are gathered at the neckline into small pleats using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is square ('kare') with a 25 cm slit in the center front, finished with a narrow band with triple 'stem stitch' and a loop buttonhole on the right and a small button on the left. The slit is pleated, with the right side folded to the front and stitched with a single 'stem stitch' as a placket. The bottom of the slit is reinforced with a rectangular piece of fabric (2.7x4.3 cm), decorated around the perimeter and horizontally with a single 'stem stitch.' The shirt is decorated with a large floral ornament in black and red. The insert and upper part of the sleeve have identical 10 cm wide pattern stripes: stylized poppies with leaves and branches. The sleeve features a scattered pattern of roses (Rosa centifolia) with branches and leaves. The hem is hemmed with a 0.7 cm wide openwork stripe of a single column with filling. Legend: Used in Kharkiv region, part of the collection of the Sloboda Ukraine Museum named after G.S. Skovoroda (according to the inventory book).