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Textiles · Rushnyk

Rushnyk

Inv. no. Тк-5655 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Rushnyk made of white cotton fabric, decorated with stylized floral ornament embroidered with red and black threads along the edges: a wide band of grape leaf garland set against a net background between two floral garlands. At one end, above the ornament, letters are embroidered (illegible). The edges are hemmed with 'single prutik' openwork.

Date

20th century

Material

Fabric, factory-produced fabric, cotton fabric, decorative and weaving materials, thread, mouline

Technique

Factory weaving, hand sewing, embroidery, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, diagonal 'cross-stitch,' openwork

Dimensions

197х47.5 cm

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