ТК-93
Rushnyk
- Century
- 19
- Size
- l-228, w-50 cm
- Material
- Bleached hemp canvas, zari thread
- Technique
- Hand weaving, hand embroidery, straight 'satin stitch' ('lyshtva'), 'shtapivka'
- Place of creation
- Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate
Description
Rushnyk made of homespun bleached canvas, embroidered with red and blue threads. The ornament is stylized floral-geometric and geometric. The ends are decorated with an ornament arranged in three rows: the bottom row has three flowers, the others have two. Small rectangles, single or joined in pairs, are scattered between them. The composition is framed on the sides and bottom by a zigzag band. The edges are not hemmed.
**Legend:** Part of the pre-war collection of the Museum of Sloboda Ukraine named after H.S. Skovoroda.