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Textiles · Rushnyk

Rushnyk

Inv. no. Тк-4695 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Rushnyk made of bleached homespun canvas, embroidered with multicolored threads. The ornament is floral and ornithomorphic. The composition is tiered, with an eagle depicted above a lush bouquet of flowers at the top, followed by ornamental stripes below. Full description

Date
1930s
Material
Bleached homespun canvas, floss
Technique
Hand weaving, hand embroidery, cross-stitch
Dimensions
354x43 cm

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

Description

Rushnyk made of bleached homespun canvas, embroidered with multicolored threads. The ornament is floral and ornithomorphic. The composition is tiered, with an eagle depicted above a lush bouquet of flowers at the top, followed by ornamental stripes below.

Legend: The canvas was woven and the rushnyk was embroidered by Ponomerenko Kateryna Stepanivna, a resident of Chervonyi Yar village.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-4695
Title
Rushnyk
Collection group
Textiles · Rushnyk
Date
1930s
Material
Bleached homespun canvas, floss
Technique
Hand weaving, hand embroidery, cross-stitch
Dimensions
354x43 cm
Place of creation
Ukraine, USSR, Kharkiv region, Balakliya district, Chervonyi Yar village

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