Late 19th or early 20th century
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district
Kargopolsky district
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueTambour emboidery with white paper and colored woolen threads on red calico
(tambour (free-style chain stitch)) -
MediumWhite cotton and colored woolen threads
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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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DateLate 19th or early 20th century
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 stylized design of a rider surrounded by tiny human beings with their arms raised, worked in white cotton and coloured woollen threads on red calico in a chainstitch
