Late 19th or early 20th century
Tver Governorate province
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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Technique
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MediumCanvas, red calico, chintz, red paper threads
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Geography details
Tver Governorate province -
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 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 major pattern formed of large diamond-filled saltire crosses with square centres is set between two bands with regularly waving lines. The frieze presents a procession of horses facing right.
