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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-4321 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Shirt made of bleached linen homemade canvas. Straight silhouette, bodice sewn from three panels, 'dodіlna.' The sleeve with an inset, sewn along the weft, straight, with a gusset, gathered with 'puffy' gathers, gathered at the bottom, with a cuff. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Homemade fabric, bleached linen canvas, thread, woolen thread
Technique
Hand weaving, machine sewing, hand embroidery, cross-stitch, stem stitch, openwork stitching, embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery
Dimensions
122x70x70 (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Shirt made of bleached linen homemade canvas. Straight silhouette, bodice sewn from three panels, 'dodіlna.' The sleeve with an inset, sewn along the weft, straight, with a gusset, gathered with 'puffy' gathers, gathered at the bottom, with a cuff. The bodice and insets are gathered near the neckline. The neckline is oval, with a central slit and two slit loops, finished with a narrow cuff. The insets and sleeves are embroidered with black threads, with a slight inclusion of red threads, using the cross-stitch technique in a floral pattern. The inset and upper part of the sleeve feature a horizontal stripe of a pattern with round flowers and elongated leaflets attached to curved branches. The sleeves have a scattering of small bouquets of round flowers. The hem is hemmed with 'prutyk' openwork. Above it, a thin horizontal stripe (0.8 cm wide) of stylized floral pattern, made with the cross-stitch and stem stitch techniques in red and black woolen thread.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4321
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
20th century
Material
Homemade fabric, bleached linen canvas, thread, woolen thread
Technique
Hand weaving, machine sewing, hand embroidery, cross-stitch, stem stitch, openwork stitching, embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery
Dimensions
122x70x70 (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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