Late 18th or early 19th century
Kostroma Governorate province
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueBackstitch, colored perevity, twisted stitch, drawn thread work
(seam, stlan' (drawn-thread work technique), coloured perevit' embroidery, drawn thread work) -
MediumLinen and silk threads, silk ribbons
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Geography details
Kostroma Governorate province -
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 three-part composition is formed of a pair of lions presented heraldically on either side of a highly stylized Tree of Life. Horizontal rows of birds border the figural pattern. The scalloped edging is filled with two kinds of inverted trees of life.
