Late 18th or early 19th century
Novgorod Governorate province,
Kirillovsky district
Kirillovsky district
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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Techniquelaid embroidery, flat stitch
(laid embroidery on cardboard canvas / padding laid work / thick padding laid work / embroidrery on cord, flat stitch) -
MediumScarlet velvet, golt threads, gold band
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Geography details
Novgorod Governorate province,
Kirillovsky district -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateLate 18th or early 19th century
Ornament qualities
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Composition
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Elements
Source of information
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Type of sourcebook “Russian Folk Embroidery: Pictorial Motifs”
Author(s) G. Durasov, G. Yakovleva -
Fund that the source refers toThe All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art (during the USSR times the Folk Art Museum of Moscow)
Description
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The centre of the composition is occupied by a double-headed eagle flanked by two female figures amidst paired birds presented heraldically. Arranged in the upper register is a female figure holding by the bridle of a pair of rampant horses. The lower part presents two female figures seated on either side of a large bird with wide-open beak.
