First half of 19th 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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TechniqueDouble-sided stitch, nabor (weaving stitch), satin stitch
(assisi stitch, satin stitch / slanting satin stitch / counted satin stitch / single-sided satin stitch / double-sided satin stitch / long-and-short stitch, nabor (weaving stitch)) -
MediumCanvas, red and blue linen 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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DateFirst 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 formed of a double-headed eagle containing a minor horse image inscribed in a square; it is flanked with larger horses posed back to back. On either side of the eagle figure is a large, highly stylized bird which contains two minor birds inscribed in two circles. The upper border is filled with a peacock motif, while the outer border is a row of ‘bird boats’. Solar rosettes, diamonds, crosses tiny birds and ‘bird boats’ carrying anthropomorphic figures are regularly distributed over the surface.
