Second 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, white backstitch on colored raisework
(assisi stitch, seam, stumpwork / double-sided stumpwork, satin stitch / slanting satin stitch / counted satin stitch / single-sided satin stitch / double-sided satin stitch / long-and-short stitch) -
MediumCanvas, blue and red paper 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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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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In this three-part composition the central female figure holds by the bridle two horses with female riders, who, in their turn, hold by the bridle two smaller horses which are based on the larger horses backs. Minor horse figures are seen under the bodies of the largest ones, and the interstices are filled with diamond-forms and solar signs. The upper border displays highly stylized female figures and S-shaped forms producing continuous, waving lines. A repeat horse-and-rider motif is contained in the outer border. The narrow ornamental strips show formalised female figures.
