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Textiles · Woman’s shirt

Woman’s shirt

Inv. no. Тк-6368 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Women's shirt 'stanok,' made from white factory cotton fabric, embroidered with red and black threads. Straight silhouette. The sleeve has an insert sewn along the warp, long, wide, straight, with a gusset. Full description

Date
Early 20th century
Material
Factory-made cotton fabric, zapoloch, threads
Technique
Factory weaving, hand and machine sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, 'cross-stitch,' puffs, gathering
Dimensions
62x70x64 cm (sleeve from neckline)

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

Description

Women's shirt 'stanok,' made from white factory cotton fabric, embroidered with red and black threads. Straight silhouette. The sleeve has an insert sewn along the warp, long, wide, straight, with a gusset. The sleeve and insert are joined with double hemstitch and three rows of 'puffs.' The sleeve bottom is gathered into small folds and trimmed with a strip using double hemstitch. The neckline is round, gathered with pleats using the 'sewing to the collar' technique, and trimmed with a strip using double hemstitch, with elongated ends for tying. The plastron has a long slit. The shirt is decorated on the sleeves and inserts with a stylized floral ornament featuring multi-petal flowers with leaves and buds. The neckline trim is adorned with a zigzag line. Provenance: The shirt was sewn and embroidered by Karpenko Hanna Hryhorivna, a resident of Kharkiv.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-6368
Title
Woman’s shirt
Collection group
Textiles · Woman’s shirt
Date
Early 20th century
Material
Factory-made cotton fabric, zapoloch, threads
Technique
Factory weaving, hand and machine sewing, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, 'cross-stitch,' puffs, gathering
Dimensions
62x70x64 cm (sleeve from neckline)
Place of creation
Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, city of Kharkiv

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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