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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-4034 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Women's shirt "long". Straight silhouette, body sewn from three panels, long sleeve, with cuffs sewn along the weft, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats on a hem 1 cm wide. The body and cuffs are gathered near the neckline and shaped using the "sewing to the collar" technique. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, unbleached hemp canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, wool
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") oblique, "backstitch" ("stem"), "staple stitch", transparent embroidery, "cutwork", hemstitch
Dimensions
131x70.5x66 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Women's shirt "long". Straight silhouette, body sewn from three panels, long sleeve, with cuffs sewn along the weft, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats on a hem 1 cm wide. The body and cuffs are gathered near the neckline and shaped using the "sewing to the collar" technique. The neckline is round, with a slit in the center front, hemmed with a narrow strip. At the ends of the hem, two loop fasteners for a ribbon. The sleeves, cuffs, neckline hems and sleeves, and hem are decorated with embroidery of geometric ornament, executed using "stem stitch", "staple stitch", "cutwork", hemstitch in brown cotton threads. On the cuffs and sleeves, two horizontal stripes each, consisting of a broken line, to the bends of which "combs" are attached, and the middle is filled with small rhombuses. The hem is decorated with hemstitch and a wide stripe of zigzag line with two extensions

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4034
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, unbleached hemp canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, wool
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") oblique, "backstitch" ("stem"), "staple stitch", transparent embroidery, "cutwork", hemstitch
Dimensions
131x70.5x66 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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