Woman’s shirt

Straight-cut shirt, 'dodilkova.' The body of the shirt is sewn from three panels. The sleeve is straight, one-piece, with a gusset, gathered at the bottom and finished with a hem. The body and upper sleeve are densely pleated near the neckline using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is round with a 32 cm slit in the center front, bound with a narrow binding with two buttonhole loops at the edges. The slit is fixed with a fastener. The shirt is decorated with stylized plant (shoulder area, sleeve) and geometric (hem) patterns, embroidered in 'white on white.' The sleeve at the shoulder area is decorated with a horizontal strip of embroidery in the form of a branch, framed above and below with straight lines with attached leaves ('grain stitch,' 'lyshtva'). On the shoulder and sleeve — a scattering of small branches arranged diagonally ('lyshtva,' 'kuryachiy brid'). The sleeve hem is decorated along the edge with stitched buttonholes. The hem is folded with a 'single column' and decorated with a horizontal strip of embroidery, enclosed above and below with zigzag lines, featuring diagonal crosses and S-shaped signs arranged horizontally, so-called 'keys.' Legend: Woven, sewn, and embroidered by Hanna Ivanivna Rudenko, who lived at the address: Kharkiv Region, Chuhuiv District, village of Bazaliyivka.