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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-5368 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Shirt of straight silhouette, "to the hem". The body is sewn from three panels. The sleeve with gusset and cuff, sewn along the weft. The body and cuffs are gathered near the neckline using the "sewing to the collar" technique. Full description

Date
19th 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, "gathering" ("surface"), "backstitch" ("stem"), hemstitch, auxiliary decorative seams, "puffs"
Dimensions
121x68x60 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Shirt of straight silhouette, "to the hem". The body is sewn from three panels. The sleeve with gusset and cuff, sewn along the weft. The body and cuffs are gathered near the neckline using the "sewing to the collar" technique. The neckline is "square" with a slit 29.5 cm long in the center front, decorated at the top with "puffs" 12 cm long, at the bottom—gathered and finished with a narrow hem. The shirt is decorated with stylized plant ornament, embroidered "white on white" with hemstitch with overlay on the cuff, sleeves, hem). On the cuff—a horizontal stripe of hemstitch with a wavy branch of flowers with leaves, outlined above and below with a broken line, executed using "gathering" technique. The sleeve is decorated with two wide vertical stripes of hemstitch with floral ornament of the same character. The hem is decorated with hemstitch with a wavy garland of flowers with branches and leaves.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-5368
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
19th 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, "gathering" ("surface"), "backstitch" ("stem"), hemstitch, auxiliary decorative seams, "puffs"
Dimensions
121x68x60 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv province

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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