Woman’s shirt

Straight-cut shirt, 'to the hem.' The body of the shirt is sewn from six panels ('ploskin,' 'desyatka'). The sleeve is straight, one-piece, with a gusset, gathered at the bottom and finished with a narrow cuff. The body and upper sleeve edge are gathered near the neckline into fine folds using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is round with a 31 cm slit in the center front, bound with a narrow hem with two buttonhole loops at the edges. The shirt is decorated with stylized plant patterns, embroidered in 'white on white' (shoulder area, sleeve, hem) and black and red threads (cuff), as well as black and red geometric patterns (connecting seams of the sleeve and hem). The shoulder area is decorated with a horizontal strip of embroidery featuring diamond and rosette motifs. The strip is enclosed above and below with thin lines with attached stylized half-flowers ('lyshtva,' 'half-cross'). On the sleeve — a scattering of small bouquets arranged in four rows in a checkerboard pattern ('lyshtva'). A 'chain' of stylized red flowers with black leaves is laid on the cuff ('cross'). The cuff edge is decorated with 'stitched buttonholes.' The connecting seams of the sleeve are covered with zigzag lines, embroidered alternately with black and red threads ('cherv'yachok'). The connecting seams of the panels at the hem are decorated with similar red lines. The hem is sewn with a 'single rod' and decorated with a strip of openwork with holes forming small flowers ('openwork with overlay'). Legend: Acquired during an ethnographic expedition to Pechenihy District. Author — Ulyana Ivanivna Dyukova (she wove, embroidered, and sewed the shirt).