ТК-3129/4
Embroidery specimen
- Century
- 19
- Size
- l-41.5, w-49 cm
- Material
- Fabric, homespun fabric, bleached hemp canvas, decorative and weaving material, thread, zapoloch
- Technique
- Hand weaving, hand embroidery, surface embroidery, counted surface embroidery, diagonal 'cross-stitch'
- Place of creation
- Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate
Description
Women's shirt sleeve, cut as a rectangle across the full width of the canvas. Decorated with a stylized floral ornament embroidered in black and red threads. The decor consists of two horizontal ornamental bands: a wide band of roses (Rosa centifolia) with branches and leaves, and a narrower band of small four-petal flowers with branches and leaves ('cross-stitch').
**Provenance:** Acquired from Lyudmyla Vasylivna Mozhary (USSR, Ukraine, Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkiv District, city of Pivdenne).