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Textiles · Embroidery specimen

Embroidery specimen

Inv. no. Тк-865 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

White rectangular canvas with a semicircular cutout at the top (cutout height: 3 cm), with embroidery—manizhka (chest piece) of a men's shirt. Full description

Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, homespun fabric, bleached linen canvas, decorative and weaving materials, thread, factory-produced thread, zari thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, diagonal 'satin stitch' ('lyshtva'), double 'cross-stitch' ('Bulgarian'), auxiliary decorative stitches
Dimensions
l-35.5, w-18 cm

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

Description

White rectangular canvas with a semicircular cutout at the top (cutout height: 3 cm), with embroidery—manizhka (chest piece) of a men's shirt. The ornament is geometric, consisting of an eight-petal rosette-star embroidered with red threads in the 'lyshtva' technique, inscribed in a black diamond embroidered with the 'Bulgarian cross' technique. The longitudinal edges of the manizhka are hemmed with an auxiliary decorative stitch using red threads.

Record

Inventory number
Тк-865
Title
Embroidery specimen
Collection group
Textiles · Embroidery specimen
Date
20th century
Material
Fabric, homespun fabric, bleached linen canvas, decorative and weaving materials, thread, factory-produced thread, zari thread
Technique
Hand weaving, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, diagonal 'satin stitch' ('lyshtva'), double 'cross-stitch' ('Bulgarian'), auxiliary decorative stitches
Dimensions
l-35.5, w-18 cm
Place of creation
Ukraine

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