Second half of 19th century
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district
Kargopolsky district
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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Technique
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MediumLinen, red calico, coloured linen, paper and woolen threads, bobbin lace.
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Geography details
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateSecond half of 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 principal pattern is made up of a ‘bird boat’ with a highly conventionalized female figure, minor birds and solar rosettes. The two ornamental bands contain series of swastikas, rosettes, diamond-forms and saltire crosses.
