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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-4653 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Women's shirt "to the hem", sewn from six panels; body and sleeves from thin, and hem—from coarse canvas. Straight silhouette, long sleeve, continuous, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats, on a narrow hem. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, material for decoration and weaving, thread, cotton, floss
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") oblique, "cross-stitch" oblique, transparent embroidery, "cutwork", hemming, "worm", hemstitch
Dimensions
122x71x66 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Women's shirt "to the hem", sewn from six panels; body and sleeves from thin, and hem—from coarse canvas. Straight silhouette, long sleeve, continuous, with gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats, on a narrow hem. The sleeves and body 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. The neckline hem is decorated with "backstitch". At the ends of the hem, two slit loops for a ribbon. The sleeve and hem are decorated with embroidery with bleached linen threads and floss. The embroidery is executed using "cutwork", "stem stitch", "cross-stitch" techniques. In the upper part of the sleeve, on the shoulder, a narrow horizontal stripe with incomplete rhombuses with extensions, along the sleeve field—scattered rhombuses, the outer sides of which are supplemented with eight extensions. The hem is hemmed with hemstitch and decorated with a wide horizontal stripe of zigzag pattern, outlined on two sides with hemstitch. The joining seams at the hem to a height of 9 cm are decorated with a thin stripe of plant ornament.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4653
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, material for decoration and weaving, thread, cotton, floss
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") oblique, "cross-stitch" oblique, transparent embroidery, "cutwork", hemming, "worm", hemstitch
Dimensions
122x71x66 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv province, Balakliia county, village Yakovenkove.

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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