Second half of 19th century
Petersburg Governorate province
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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Technique
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MediumCanvas, red paper threads
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Geography details
Petersburg Governorate province -
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 repeat design of the central band incorporates a double-headed eagle with a bird atop and a rectangular building in the arch of which two female figures are set – one with lowered arms, the other supporting a bird in an upraised arm. Arranged above the eagle is a sailing boat with a female figure aft. The ornamentation included minor birds and solar rosettes. The figural panel is bordered by narrow bands with a repetetive female figures with lowered arms posed between two confronted birds.
