Embroidery specimen

Inv. no. Тк-5611 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

White rectangular fabric with embroidery. Floral and geometric ornaments executed in blue, yellow, green, red, and black floss threads and white cotton threads. Full description

Date: 20th century
Material: Fabric, factory-made fabric, cotton fabric, decorative and weaving material, thread, floss, cotton thread
Technique: Factory weaving, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, diagonal 'cross-stitch,' 'shtapivka,' openwork
Dimensions: l-83.5, w-32 cm

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Description

White rectangular fabric with embroidery. Floral and geometric ornaments executed in blue, yellow, green, red, and black floss threads and white cotton threads. The embroidery composition consists of three bands of openwork with rhombic holes—two identical narrow bands, edged with colored 'snails,' frame the central openwork band, interrupted by five 'medallions' filled with multicolored flowers and 'snails.'

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Inventory number: Тк-5611
Title: Embroidery specimen
Collection group: Textiles · Embroidery specimen
Projects: Ukrainian embroidery
Date: 20th century
Material: Fabric, factory-made fabric, cotton fabric, decorative and weaving material, thread, floss, cotton thread
Technique: Factory weaving, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, diagonal 'cross-stitch,' 'shtapivka,' openwork
Dimensions: l-83.5, w-32 cm
Place of creation: USSR, Ukraine, city of Kharkiv

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