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A hand-woven long runner, in the Polissia region women wore such runner (peremitka, namitka) as a head wrap. Both ends are decorated with red stripes woven into the fabric.

Home-woven unbleached linen head cover decorated with wide red stripes on both ends woven into the fabric. Polissia region, middle nineteenth century.

Home-woven unbleached hemp fabric. One edge is hand hemmed. Western Ukraine, middle nineteenth century.

A ritual hand-woven linen runner, embroidered in one colour of faded ochre satin stitch floral designs along the perimeter and a dominant central tree of life pattern in the centre. Central Ukraine, middle nineteenth century.

A ritual linen hand-woven runner, embroidered in one colour of red satin stitch floral designs along the perimeter and a dominant central tree of life pattern in the centre. Central Ukraine, middle nineteenth century. The short edges are trimmed with…

Embroidered rushnyk on white cotton. Each end of the rushnyk features a cross stitch embroidered horizontal band of flowers and a vase holding a bouquet of flowers (lily, roses, peonies, roses and lilacs). The two halves of the artifact have been…

Woven ritual towel (rushnyk) from the central Ukraine. White background is tightly woven. Decorative patterns of stylized roses and leaf motifs. Originally intended to wrap over the top of an icon, ca. 1890.

A square, white cotton tablecloth featuring an embroidered geometric Ukrainian patterned border of yellow, red, green and black. Embroidery stitch: cross stitch.

A unisex sheepskin hand-crafted vest with burgundy pompoms representing cranberries as well as triangular leather appliques and colourful leather weaving characteristic in the Sniatyn region of Pokuttia, Western Ukraine, circa late nineteenth…

Bukovynian sheepskin hand-crafted vest embroidered broadly along all perimeters with floral patterns of colorful satin stitch and a wide internal perimeter of dark beading. ca. late nineteenth century.