Browse Items (15 total)

Heavy linen narrowly pleated skirt, block-printed with star ochre and black coloured patterns from the L'viv region, Western Ukraine ca. 1910.

A linen hand-woven skirt with embroidered accents, consisting of geometric and floral alternating patterns. L'viv region, ca. 1930s. Embroidery stitch: cross stitch.

A cotton skirt to which is added a wide strip of embroidery consisting of geometric and floral patterns alternating with various butterfly designs. Embroidery stitch: cross stitch.

A white cotton skirt with elastic on top. The embroidered ribbon was sewn up on the bottom edge. The pattern consists of red and black rows and repetition of diamond motifs in the middle. Embroidery stitch: cross stitch.

The bottom half of a traditional full-length hand-woven shirt with a wide hem of hardenger (merezhka) embroidery. Functioning as a skirt.

A full-length light blue coloured handmade skirt for a dancing costume.

A woolen pleated skirt, scarlet coloured with green, yellow and blue vertical stripes. A contemporary copy of a traditional skirt (litnyk) from Volyn region. Worn with: UF2022.002.a017, UF2022.002.a018 and UF2022.002.a020.

The bottom half of a traditional full-length hand-woven shirt from Borshchiv region with a wide hem of hardenger (merezhka) embroidery.

A skirt made of a traditional hand-woven wrap-around skirt (obhortka, horbotka) from Bukovyna.

A reconstruction of the traditional wrap skirt in red colour from Horodenka region (Pokuttia) in twill pattern weave. Cotton thread. Worn with the items UF2022.002.a008 and UF2022.002.a009.