Second half of 19th century
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district
Kargopolsky district
Object qualities
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Objectclothes: Shoulder-piece of a a woman's shirt
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueNabor (weaving stitch), double-sided stitch, feather stitch
(assisi stitch, nabor (weaving stitch), satin stitch / slanting satin stitch / counted satin stitch / single-sided satin stitch / double-sided satin stitch / long-and-short stitch, stem stitch) -
MediumCanvas, red linen and colored woolen threads, sequins.
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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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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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Incorporated in the major all-over pattern are squares, diamond-forms of varying size, rosette-fillcd octagons and solar signs. Repeat motifs of anthropomorphic subjects and swastikas arc seen in the border. Arranged in the frieze are two confronted peacocks on either side of a highly stylized Tree of Life.
