ТК-5694
Rushnyk
- Century
- 20
- Size
- 200x43 cm
- Material
- Fabric, factory-made fabric, linen canvas, decorative and weaving material, thread, crochet
- Technique
- Factory weaving, machine sewing, hand embroidery, openwork, crochet, transparent embroidery, 'soloviyni vichka'
- Place of creation
- Ukraine, Poltava Governorate, Khorol County, village of Velyki Lypnyahy
Description
Rushnyk made from white factory linen canvas, decorated with embroidery in white threads (stylized flowers) and white lace. Provenance: The rushnyk belonged to Olena Valentynivna Korotkova (maiden name Morozova), who descends from the Kudashev princely family. The Kudashev family has been known since the early 17th century. Princess Olha Yevhenivna Kudasheva (Morozova) was the daughter of Prince Yevhen Oleksandrovych, an honorary justice of the peace of the Sumy district; granddaughter of Prince Oleksandr Volodymyrovych, a major general and landowner in Khorol County, Poltava Governorate (as of 1898); and niece of Princess Yuliya Oleksandrivna, wife of Professor L.L. Hirshman; she was the grandmother of Olena Valentynivna Korotkova.