Second half of 19th century
Petersburg Governorate province
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, red linen threads, bobbin lace.
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Geography details
Petersburg Governorate province -
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 upper ornamental band features a repeat design of a peacock and female rider holding birds in upraised arms, with solar
rosettes and minor birds as subsidiary motifs. Arranged in the middle band are large birds with one wing raised, flanking a formalized female figure. The repeat motif of the outer edge is a blossoming tree (the Tree of Life motif?) set between two confronted horses with onventionalized ‘bird boats’ fixed on their backs; on either side of the tree opposed zoomorphic subjects (wolves?) are set.
