Late 19th or early 20th century
Tver Governorate province,
Village Tebleshi
Village Tebleshi
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts 1
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Technique 1Double-sided embroidery (Rospis) with linen, paper and wool threads on canvas
(double-sided seam, assisi stitch) -
Type of arts & crafts 2
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Technique 2machine-made lace
(machine-made lace) -
MediumColored flax, paper and woolen threads, canvas
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Geography details
Tver Governorate province,
Village Tebleshi -
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 Embroidery and Lace”
Author(s) L. Efimova, R. Belogorskaya -
Fund that the source refers toThe State Historical Museum
Description
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Edge of a towel showing a geometricized anthropomorphic pattern worked in flax, cotton and woollen coloured threads on canvas, with stitches so arranged that both sides of embroidery are alike; trimmed by a ribbon and machinemade lace