ТК-3129/5
Embroidery specimen
- Century
- 19
- Size
- l-47.5, 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,' joining seams
- Place of creation
- Ukraine, Sloboda Ukraine, Kharkiv Governorate
Description
Women's shirt sleeve, cut from a rectangular canvas across the full width. Gathered at the bottom into fine pleats using the 'sewing to collar' technique, finished with a narrow trim and sewn at the bottom for 5 cm. The sleeve is decorated with three horizontal bands of stylized black-and-red ornament. In the middle, a band of viburnum clusters with branches and leaves is embroidered; above it, five bouquets of two flowers; below, four larger bouquets of the same design.
**Provenance:** Acquired from Lyudmyla Vasylivna Mozhary (USSR, Ukraine, Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkiv District, city of Pivdenne).