Second half of 19th century
Tver Governorate province,
Novy Torzhok district
Novy Torzhok district
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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TechniqueDouble-sided stitch,
(assisi stitch) -
MediumCanvas, red paper threads
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Geography details
Tver Governorate province,
Novy Torzhok 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 includes a highly conventionalized female figure with lowered arms and rays projecting from the head. Arranged on either side are architectural buildings in the arches of which two female figures are set; a half-figure with raised arms is placed between them. The infillings are diamond-forms. At extreme right is a single female figure. The buildings are topped with solar rosettes between symmetrical scrolls; the outer border contains a series of geometrical plant forms.
