Тк-114
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Textiles · Embroidery
Metal Thread Lace
Handmade lace, woven from twisted silver and gilt metal threads. The ornament is geometric and stylized floral, in the form of a wave-like band, with a three-petaled half-flower set into its recesses. The lower edge of the lace is finished with scallops. Full description
- Date
- 18th century
- Material
- Metallic threads
- Technique
- Weaving
- Dimensions
- 13 × 5 cm
Description
Handmade lace, woven from twisted silver and gilt metal threads. The ornament is geometric and stylized floral, in the form of a wave-like band, with a three-petaled half-flower set into its recesses. The lower edge of the lace is finished with scallops. Along the top edge is a wide border with an inscribed meander.
Monastery-made lace, produced in the second half of the 18th century.
Belonged to the pre-war collection of the Sloboda Ukraine Museum named after H. S. Skovoroda. Remained in the museum during the occupation of Kharkiv during the Second World War (1941–1943).
Record
- Inventory number
- Тк-53
- Title
- Metal Thread Lace
- Collection group
- Textiles · Embroidery
- Projects
- Church Antiquities
- Date
- 18th century
- Material
- Metallic threads
- Technique
- Weaving
- Dimensions
- 13 × 5 cm
- Digitisation
- Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
- Tradition
- Orthodoxy
