Second half of 19th century
Arkhangelsk Governorate province,
Onezhsky district
Onezhsky district
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 paper and colored silk threads
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Geography details
Arkhangelsk Governorate province,
Onezhsky district -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateSecond half of 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 three-part composition is built on highly schematized female figures with uplifted arms. The central figure has outsize hands with clearly delineated fingers; the flanking figures with diamond-shaped heads hold solar signs. The infillings and the ornamentation of interstices feature crosses, solar wheels, bird and plant subjects, and minor anthropomorphic forms.
