First half of 19th century
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district
Kargopolsky district
Object qualities
-
Object
-
Type of arts & crafts
-
TechniqueDouble-sided stitch, satin stitch, drawn thread work
(assisi stitch, drawn thread work, satin stitch / slanting satin stitch / counted satin stitch / single-sided satin stitch / double-sided satin stitch / long-and-short stitch) -
MediumCanvas, red calico, linen, coloured linen, paper and silk threads, bobbin lace
-
Geography details
Olonets Governorate province,
Kargopolsky district -
Federal region today
-
Federal subject today
-
DateFirst half of 19th century
Ornament qualities
-
Composition
-
Elements
Source of information
-
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
-
This is a three-part composition: a formalized female figure with raised arms and outsize hands is flanked by traditional horse-and-rider motifs; miniature hooked rectangles are set in the interspaces. The horizontal borders include chains of birds; repeat plant motifs fill the framing ornamental band.
