ТК-865
Embroidery specimen
- Century
- 20
- Size
- l-35.5, w-18 cm
- 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
- Place of creation
- Ukraine
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.