Embroidered shirt

Title	Embroidered shirt
Date Created	ca. 1880
Description	A Pokuttia woman's full-length linen shirt, heavily embroidered the length of the sleeves in three sections, the middle is covered in patterns of crosses on a gold background in dark diamonds, the shoulders covered in dark heavy curl stitching horizontal patterns and some silver and gold metal thread, the lower half covered in diagonal strips of dark curl chain-like pattern embroidery. The front has vertical strips of alternating three dark one red floral curl embroidery. circa 1880s. Embroidery stitch: "kruchenyi" stitch, chain stitch.
Type	shirt
Extent	1 item
Source	KuFC: unknown
Place created	Europe: Ukraine
Materials	linen
Physical Dimensions	overall: 54 cm x 134 cm
Location	Box: Clothing 16
Accession Number	UF2022.002.a041

“Embroidered shirt,” Ukrainian Folklore Archives Special Collections, accessed May 15, 2025, https://collections.ukrfolk.ca/items/show/5568.