Woman’s shirt

Straight-cut shirt, 'dodilkova.' The body of the shirt is sewn from three panels. The sleeve is straight with a gusset and an inset, sewn along the weft, gathered at the bottom into small folds and finished with a narrow hem. The body and inset are gathered near the neckline using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is 'square' with a 27 cm slit in the center front, finished with a narrow binding with two buttonhole loops at the edges. The shirt is decorated with plant-geometric and geometric patterns, embroidered in 'white on white' (sleeve, inset, and the seam line of the inset with the back), with a strip of geometric ornament on the neckline hem, executed in red zappolotch. The inset and upper part of the sleeve feature identical ornamental elements composed of half-diamonds, zigzag lines, leaves, half-flowers, and flowers in a 'vase' ('lyshtva,' 'grain stitch,' 'retyaz,' outer side, 'nabiruvannya,' 'half-cross,' 'cutting'). The seam connecting the inset to the back is decorated with zigzag lines, outlined on both sides with narrow strips featuring small branches and stylized flowers ('nabiruvannya,' 'half-cross,' 'lyshtva,' 'grain stitch,' 'cutting'). The neckline hem is adorned with a zigzag line ('shtapivka'), with small teeth ('zubtsuvannya') along the upper edge. Legend: According to the entry in inventory book TK-1, the shirt belonged to the Museum of Sloboda Ukraine named after H.S. Skovoroda.