Late 18th or early 19th century
Tver Governorate province,
Ostashkovsky district
Ostashkovsky district
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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Techniquelaid embroidery, sewing on cords, pearl embroidery
(laid embroidery on cardboard canvas / padding laid work / thick padding laid work / embroidrery on cord, stringing) -
MediumVelvet, cardboard, motley fabric, gold and silver threads, foil, gold cord, gold braid, sequins, gimp, glass, beads, nacre
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Geography details
Tver Governorate province,
Ostashkovsky district -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateLate 18th or early 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 front is occupied by crowned double-headed birds alternating with flowers and separated by a regularly waving line. Arranged in the upper register are plant motifs. A stylized Tree of Life flanked by confronted birds is seen on the back.
