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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-4540 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Women's shirt "body" (to the waist). Straight silhouette, from two panels, which at the bottom are extended 15 cm with coarser fabric. Long sleeve, wide, with cuff, sewn along the weft, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats, on a hem 0.5 cm wide. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, factory-produced fabric, canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, floss
Technique
Factory weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") straight, "double cross-stitch" ("Bulgarian"), "cross-stitch" oblique, "staple stitch", stem seam
Dimensions
59x70x60 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, from two panels, which at the bottom are extended 15 cm with coarser fabric. Long sleeve, wide, with cuff, sewn along the weft, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats, on a hem 0.5 cm wide. The body and cuffs near the neckline are gathered using the "sewing to the collar" technique. The neckline is round, with a slit in the center front 28.5 cm long, with a button. The cuffs, sleeves, and neckline hem are decorated with embroidery in red and black floss threads, executed using "rolled stem stitch", "staple stitch", "stem stitch", "cross-stitch", "double cross-stitch", "stem seam" techniques. On the sleeves and cuffs, two wide horizontal stripes of pattern, consisting of rhombuses and half-rhombuses. In the center of the rhombuses and half-rhombuses, stylized geometric four-petaled flowers are inscribed. The outline of this pattern is composed of the same flowers.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4540
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, factory-produced fabric, canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, floss
Technique
Factory weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") straight, "double cross-stitch" ("Bulgarian"), "cross-stitch" oblique, "staple stitch", stem seam
Dimensions
59x70x60 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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