Name/Title

Folk Dress

Entry/Object ID

2007.2.106

Description

Part A) Ecru cotton blouse with geometric folk embroidery. Boat neck and wide sleeves, both with coiled embroidery (similar to lettuce edging) at neckline and wrist openings. Sleeves are richly embroidered in polychromatic cotton and gold metallic thread. Front and back of blouse also embroidered with geometric lines. Part B) White cotton shift with geometric red embroidery on collar and at bottom hem. Collar is flat and folded, while neckline is a plunging V. Sleeveless. Tucking at front of shoulders and back of neck.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

University of British Columbia

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Cotton, Metallic thread

Color

Red, Yellow

Notes

Embroidered

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Ukraine

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Length: 108cm Width: 48cm