Late 19th century
Kaluga Governorate province
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueColored perevity, twisted stitch
(perevit' embroidery (openwork technique) / coloured perevit' embroidery / white perevit' embroidery, stlan' (drawn-thread work technique)) -
MediumCanvas, colored paper and woolen threads
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Geography details
Kaluga Governorate province -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateLate 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 repeat pattern represents a bird with fanned tail alternating with a rich solar rosette, its eight points terminating in grapes or flowers. Included in the composition are diamond-forms and small birds facing right. The horizontal borders show series of saltire crosses with latch hooks in reserve.
