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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-270 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Shirt with a straight silhouette, 'body' (to the waist). Sewn from three panels. 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 and finished with a narrow band. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Unbleached hemp canvas, hemp thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, straight 'smooth' stitch, 'stem stitch'
Dimensions
62x76x60 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Shirt with a straight silhouette, 'body' (to the waist). Sewn from three panels. 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 and finished with a narrow band. The body and inserts are gathered at the neckline into small pleats using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is square with a 28 cm slit in the center front, finished with a narrow band with two buttonholes on both sides. The slit is hemmed on the front side. The shirt is decorated with floral and geometrized floral ornaments embroidered with gray threads. The neckline band has diagonal lines. The insert on the back side is decorated with a triangular pattern (0.8 cm wide), and the upper part of the sleeve has a zigzag line with extensions at the corners and small dots in the recesses (1.5 cm wide). The embroidery at the top of the sleeve is underscored by a thin line with rhythmically repeating extensions. The sleeve features a scattered pattern of small stylized flowers with branches and leaves.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-270
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
19th century
Material
Unbleached hemp canvas, hemp thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, straight 'smooth' stitch, 'stem stitch'
Dimensions
62x76x60 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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