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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-223 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Shirt 'dodіlna,' sewn from three panels. Straight silhouette. The sleeve is straight, with a gusset and inset sewn along the weft, gathered at the bottom on a narrow cuff sewn with a double overcast stitch. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Homemade fabric, bleached hemp canvas, thread, woolen thread, hemp thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, slanted satin stitch, openwork stitching, embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery
Dimensions
118x70x65 (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Shirt 'dodіlna,' sewn from three panels. Straight silhouette. The sleeve is straight, with a gusset and inset sewn along the weft, gathered at the bottom on a narrow cuff sewn with a double overcast stitch. The sleeve and inset on the back side are sewn with a double overcast stitch, gathered near the neckline into small folds using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is oval, with a long central slit on the front, finished with a narrow cuff sewn with a double overcast stitch. At the ends of the cuff, there are two slit loops for a ribbon. The shirt is embroidered with bleached hemp threads with a slight inclusion of red woolen thread using the techniques of satin stitch, chain stitch, surface stitching, and openwork. Geometric pattern. In the lower part of the inset, a narrow horizontal stripe of a pattern consists of diamonds and slanted crosses, framed by two straight lines. The hem is hemmed with 'prutyk' and decorated with a stripe of openwork. Legend: According to the records in the inventory book TK-1, the shirt was received from the collection of the Museum of Sloboda Ukraine named after H.S. Skovoroda.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-223
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
19th century
Material
Homemade fabric, bleached hemp canvas, thread, woolen thread, hemp thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, slanted satin stitch, openwork stitching, embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery
Dimensions
118x70x65 (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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