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, colored paper and silk threads. Crochet lace
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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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Three-part composition: the central compartment displays a large double-headed bird (half-length) which is combined with a diamond-form which contains a solar rosette and with bird and geometrical plant subjects as subsidiary motifs. Each lateral compartment shows a polymorphic figure. The outer border is filled with a geometrical repeat pattern.
