Thursday, July 16, 2009

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#18)




Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55563

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55563

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets Nizhegorodskoi i drugikh gubernii.
[Woven towel ends from Nizhnii Novgorod and other provinces.] (1893-94)

The pattern is as taken from the source, and the sample is the pattern mirrored, and is done in cross stitch as a bookmark.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#17)




Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55552

Source: Obraztsy starinnago narodnoe uzornago shit'ia i kruzhev iz kollektsii K. Dalmatova.

Image ID: 55552

Kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei v vystrochku. Iz Staritskago uezda Tverskoi gubernii.
[Towel end and sheet in hemstitch. Staritsa district of Tver province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.