Mid-19th century
Olonets Governorate province
Object qualities
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Objectclothes: Woman's shirt hem
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueEmbroidery with diagonal stitching and couching with colored silk threads on canvas.
(whip stitch, stumpwork / double-sided stumpwork) -
MediumColored silk threads, canvas
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Geography details
Olonets Governorate province -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateMid-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 Embroidery and Lace”
Author(s) L. Efimova, R. Belogorskaya -
Fund that the source refers toThe State Historical Museum
Description
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Shoulderpiece of a woman’s shirt showing a three-sectioned composition of an anthropomorphic figure with raised arms flanked by panthers with blooming tails, worked in coloured silks on canvas in canvas stitches
