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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-4124 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Women's shirt "body" (to the waist). Straight silhouette, consists of three panels, sleeve with cuffs sewn along the weft, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats, on a hem 0.5 cm wide, which is sewn with double backstitch. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, bleached hemp canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, wool
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "cross-stitch" oblique, hemstitch, auxiliary decorative seams, "puffs", "backstitch" ("stem")
Dimensions
65x72x70 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Women's shirt "body" (to the waist). Straight silhouette, consists of three panels, sleeve with cuffs sewn along the weft, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats, on a hem 0.5 cm wide, which is sewn with double backstitch. The sleeve and cuffs from the back are sewn with backstitch, and the cuffs are attached to the sleeve with "backstitch" and "puffs". The body and cuffs are gathered near the neckline into fine pleats using the "sewing to the collar" technique. The neckline is quadrangular—"square", with a slit 32 cm long in the center front, which is hemmed with "stick". At the ends of the hem, loop fasteners for a ribbon. The cuffs and sleeves are embroidered with "cross-stitch" in red and black wool with plant ornament. On the cuff, a horizontal stripe of stylized flowers with leaves 8 cm wide, the flowers are connected by branches. On the sleeve, scattered small bouquets of flowers in three rows in a checkerboard pattern

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4124
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
19th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, bleached hemp canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, wool
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "cross-stitch" oblique, hemstitch, auxiliary decorative seams, "puffs", "backstitch" ("stem")
Dimensions
65x72x70 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv province, [Bohodukhiv] county, village Kruchyk.

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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