ТК-6386
Rushnyk
- Century
- 20
- Size
- 148x30 cm
- Material
- Factory cotton fabric, 'floss' threads, sewing thread
- Technique
- Factory weaving, hand embroidery 'diagonal cross-stitch,' 'single prutik' openwork
- Place of creation
- USSR, Kharkiv Oblast, Bohodukhiv District, village of Sinne
Description
Rushnyk made from white factory fabric. Decorated at the edges with two tiers of embroidery executed in blue, green, and pink threads. Near the edge of the rushnyk is a zigzag branch with stylized flowers; above it is a wreath under a crown, flanked by a bird sitting on a branch with a flower. The edges of the rushnyk are finished with 'single prutik' openwork. One longitudinal edge is hemmed by hand.
**Provenance:** Embroidered by Lidiya Ivanivna Lymar, who resided in the village of Sinne, Bohodukhiv District, Kharkiv Oblast.