Woman’s shirt

Straight-cut shirt, 'to the hem.' The body of the shirt is sewn from six panels. The sleeve is straight, one-piece, with a gusset, decorated at the bottom with 'pukhlyky' and finished with a narrow binding-cuff. The upper sleeve and body are densely gathered near the neckline using the 'sewing to the collar' technique. The neckline is oval with a 28 cm slit in the center front, finished with a narrow hem with two buttonhole loops at the edges. The shirt is decorated with stylized plant patterns, embroidered with black and red zappolotch (shoulder area, sleeve) and white thread (hem). The sleeve at the shoulder area is embroidered with a horizontal garland of roses with branches and leaves, framed above and below with wavy strips ('cross'). On the sleeve — a scattering of small roses with branches and leaves ('cross'). The hem is folded with a 'single column' and decorated with a wide strip of openwork with an overlay pattern 'kalachyky' — a wavy branch with curled leaves ('openwork'). Legend: Found during an ethnographic expedition in the village of Tsybivka, Krasnokutsky District, Kharkiv Region.