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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-5253 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Shirt of straight silhouette, "long". The body of the shirt is sewn from three panels of coarser canvas, and the sleeves—from thinner canvas. The sleeve is straight, one-piece, with a gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats and finished with a hem. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, bleached hemp canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, cotton
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") oblique, "cross-stitch" oblique, "backstitch" ("stem"), "chain", auxiliary decorative seams, buttonhole seam, hemstitch
Dimensions
136x73x67 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Shirt of straight silhouette, "long". The body of the shirt is sewn from three panels of coarser canvas, and the sleeves—from thinner canvas. The sleeve is straight, one-piece, with a gusset, gathered at the bottom into fine pleats and finished with a hem. The upper edge of the sleeve and the body are densely ruffled near the neckline using the "sewing to the collar" technique. The neckline is round with a slit in the center front 27 cm long. The shirt is decorated with geometric ornament, embroidered "white on white" (shoulder, sleeve, hem). The shoulder is decorated with a horizontal stripe of embroidery with rhombic ornament "wrapped wedges" ("stem stitch"). The sleeve is decorated with small geometric bouquets, arranged horizontally in two rows ("stem stitch"). The hem is sewn to the front side with "backstitch" ("back needle") and decorated with a horizontal stripe of embroidery with oblique geometric oak leaves, outlined above and below with a zigzag line with extensions.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-5253
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, home-produced fabric, bleached hemp canvas, material for decoration and weaving, thread, cotton
Technique
Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, "stem stitch" ("satin") oblique, "cross-stitch" oblique, "backstitch" ("stem"), "chain", auxiliary decorative seams, buttonhole seam, hemstitch
Dimensions
136x73x67 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv province, Balakliia (?) county.

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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