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Original ornament

"Sun chariot" on Arkhangelsk towel edge

A towel played a special role in peasant life and culture. The embroidery has a tripartite composition: a boat with a female figure on it (women’s arms are raised) is surrounded by peafowls

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Mid-19th century

Arkhangelsk Governorate province,
Onezhsky district

Object qualities

Object

textile (towels, carpets, etc.)
Type of arts & crafts

embroidery
Technique

Double-sided stitch, nabor (weaving stitch),
(assisi stitch, nabor (weaving stitch))
Medium

Canvas, chintz, red calico, red paper and colored silk threads
Geography details

Arkhangelsk Governorate province,
Onezhsky district
Federal region today

Northwest
Federal subject today

Arkhangelsk Region
Date
Mid-19th century

Ornament qualities

Composition

Endless Symmetrical
Elements

bird flora decorative element

Source of information

Type of source

book “Russian Folk Embroidery: Pictorial Motifs”
Author(s) G. Durasov, G. Yakovleva
Fund that the source refers to

The All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art (during the USSR times the Folk Art Museum of Moscow)

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