First half of 19th century
Tambov Governorate province,
Kirsanovsky district
Kirsanovsky district
Object qualities
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Objecttextile (towels, carpets, etc.): Headband end of unmarried peasant girl
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Type of arts & crafts
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Technique
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MediumCanvas, black and terracotta silk, gold and silver threads
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Geography details
Tambov Governorate province,
Kirsanovsky district -
Federal region today
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Federal subject today
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DateFirst 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 all-over pattern shows a large saltire cross containing a square formed by four stylized female half-figures with lowered arms, their reciprocals being seen in the terminals of the saltire cross; cach figure is encircled by a heart-form. The border is filled with a continuous zigzagging line.
