First half of 19th century
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district
Kargopolsky district
Object qualities
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Objectclothes: Hem of a chemise
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueDouble-sided stitch, nabor (weaving stitch), satin stitch
(assisi stitch, satin stitch / slanting satin stitch / counted satin stitch / single-sided satin stitch / double-sided satin stitch / long-and-short stitch, nabor (weaving stitch)) -
MediumCanvas, passementerie, red and blue linen, coloured silk and woolen threads
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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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DateFirst 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 front hem is occupied by a three-part compositions ‘bird boat’ with a stylized Tree of Life atop flanked by formalized birds. Three highly conventionalized Trees of Life flanked by minor opposed birds add to the ornamentation at the back hem. The outer border is filled with a series of boat-like forms.
