Rushnyk

Rushnyk made from bleached homespun hemp canvas. The edges of the rushnyk are decorated with geometric and stylized floral-geometric ornaments, embroidered with red and white threads using the 'Bulgarian cross-stitch' and cutwork techniques. The ends of the rushnyk feature columns of openwork netting and narrow white lace. Provenance: The rushnyk belonged to Korotkova Olena Valentynivna (maiden name Morozova), who descends from the Kudashev princely family. The Kudashev family is known from the early 17th century. Princess Olga Yevhenivna Kudasheva (Morozova) was the daughter of Prince Yevhen Oleksandrovych, an honorary justice of the peace in the Sumy District; granddaughter of Prince Oleksandr Volodymyrovych, a major general and landowner in the Khorol District of Poltava Governorate (as of 1898); and niece of Princess Yuliya Oleksandrivna, wife of Professor L.L. Hirshman; grandmother of Olena Valentynivna Korotkova.