Late 19th or early 20th century
Yaroslavl Governorate province,
Mologsky district
Mologsky district
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueWhite and colored perevity, twisted stitch,
(perevit' embroidery (openwork technique) / coloured perevit' embroidery / white perevit' embroidery, running stitch, stlan' (drawn-thread work technique)) -
MediumCanvas, colored woolen threads, factory lace
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Geography details
Yaroslavl Governorate province,
Mologsky district -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateLate 19th or early 20th 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 asymmetrical composition is based on architectural and plant motifs, and solar rosettes. Set between the tops of two buildings is a single female figure.
