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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-4661 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Straight-cut 'do pidtochky' shirt. The upper part (body) has a double-layered yoke at the front and back. The lower part is sewn from three panels. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, factory-made fabric, homemade fabric, bleached hemp canvas, decorative and weaving material, thread, factory-made thread, woolen thread
Technique
Factory weaving, hand weaving, machine sewing, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, straight 'lyshtva' ('smooth'), stem stitch
Dimensions
104x63x50 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Straight-cut 'do pidtochky' shirt. The upper part (body) has a double-layered yoke at the front and back. The lower part is sewn from three panels. The sleeve has a gusset, slightly tapered at the bottom, hemmed at the bottom and stitched 1 cm from the edge, decorated at the top with 'pukhlyky' (13 cm long), and sewn with a double seam along the warp. The neckline is oval with a central front slit (22 cm long) and a strip sewn on the right side (26 cm long). The strip has two slit buttonholes fastened with a white mother-of-pearl and a yellow bone button (1.3 cm and 1 cm in diameter, respectively). The front and back along the yoke attachment line are decorated with 'pukhlyky' (12 cm long at the front, 27 cm at the back). The yoke and strip are sewn with a double seam. The shirt is decorated with gray thread floral embroidery. The yoke perimeter has a wavy line of connected round five-petal flowers with stems and leaves. The strip is embroidered with a stripe of six-petal flowers with stems and tendrils. The sleeves feature scattered bouquets of three five-petal flowers (one large, two small).

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4661
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, factory-made fabric, homemade fabric, bleached hemp canvas, decorative and weaving material, thread, factory-made thread, woolen thread
Technique
Factory weaving, hand weaving, machine sewing, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, straight 'lyshtva' ('smooth'), stem stitch
Dimensions
104x63x50 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate, Zmiiv District, village of Yakovenkove

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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