ТК-4286
Rushnyk
- Century
- 20
- Size
- 280x48 cm
- Material
- Bleached linen canvas, cotton, handmade lace
- Technique
- Hand weaving, hand sewing, hand embroidery, 'cross-stitch,' openwork mesh, crochet
- Place of creation
- Ukraine, Kharkiv region, village of Vasylivka
Description
Rushnyk made of bleached linen canvas, embroidered with red and black threads. Floral ornament featuring a large vase with a lush bouquet. Below it, the inscription: 'It’s hard to live in the world as an orphan without kin...' Below, a garland of flowers. The edge of the rushnyk is hemmed with 'single prutik' openwork mesh. The edges are sewn with lace featuring a geometric ornament with a diamond motif.
**Provenance:** Woven and embroidered by Yavdokha Maksymivna Cherkavenko, a resident of the village of Vasylivka, Barvinkiv district.