ТК-6794
Rushnyk
- Century
- 20
- Size
- 189.5x38 cm
- Material
- Factory cotton fabric, spool threads, 'floss,' openwork
- Technique
- Factory weaving, machine sewing, hand embroidery 'flat stitch,' 'stebnivka'
- Place of creation
- USSR, city of Kharkiv
Description
Rushnyk made from white cotton fabric, embroidered in pink, red, orange, blue, lilac, green, brown, and black threads. The ornament consists of multi-petal floral branches with leaves. At the edges of the rushnyk, a wide factory openwork with a floral ornament in three rows in the form of fringe with a wavy edge is sewn with a machine stitch.
**Provenance:** Embroidered by Hanna Andriivna Matviychuk, who resided in Kharkiv.