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Textiles · Embroidery specimen

Embroidery specimen

Inv. no. Тк-894 · Textiles

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Ukrainian embroidery

Embroidery on a women's shirt sleeve, made from homespun canvas. Translucent 'white-on-white' embroidery with a geometric ornament: the shoulder area is decorated with a wide horizontal band of ornament with inscribed rhombs and cross-shaped figures, while the sleeve field is embroidered with a rhombic grid with inscribed crosses.

Date

19th century

Material

Fabrics, fabric, homespun fabric, bleached linen canvas, decorative and weaving material, thread, white thread

Technique

Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery

Dimensions

l-70, w-34 cm

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