Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#23)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (The New York Public Library's image database): http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55350

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

Image ID: 55350

Kruzhevnyia vstavki ot polotenets Tverskoi gubernii.
[Fixing of laces from towels. Tver province.] (1893-94)

I also charted a slight variant of the pattern:




Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#22)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (The New York Public Library's image database): http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55534

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

Image ID: 55534

Uzornye kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei Kasimovskago uezda Riazanskoi gubernii vytkannye na ruchnykh stankakh iz raznot... [Patterns of towel ends and sheets woven by hand with colorful cotton and silk threads from Kasimovskii district of Riazan province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#21)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (The New York Public Library's image database): http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55554

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

Image ID: 55554

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets i podolok zhenskikh rubashek raboty i uzora krest'ianok Gzhatskago uezda Smolenskoi guber.
[Woven towel ends and hems of women's blouses, works and patterns by Russian women from Gzhatsk district of Smolensk province. ](1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch.

Pattern: More Russian Folk Embroidery (#20)

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery (The New York Public Library's image database): http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55547

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

Image ID: 55547

Uzornye kontsy ot polotenets i prostynei Kasimovskago uezda Riazanskoi gubernii vytkannye na ruchnykh stankakh iz raznot...
[Patterns of towel ends and sheets woven by hand with colorful cotton and silk threads from Kasimovskii district of Riazan province.] (1893-94)

Sample done in cross stitch with cotton perle on aida fabric.

More similarities and Pattern #19

I've found some more designs with similarities to the Russian patterns I've been working on. I think these are Swedish, I found a PDF online at The On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics of [Malmöhus Läns Hemslöjdsförening]. Gammal Allmogeslöjd Från Malmöhus Lan; Häftet 6 [Old Peasant Handicraft from Malmoehus County; White Work. Booklet 6], County Handicraft Association, 89 pages.

There are some of the same motifs, some similar motifs, and some completely different motifs used, and the same is true for the techniques used. There were enough similarities that I found it very interesting. I charted a design in Fig. 288, but haven't stitched an example. The chart is below.


This is almost identical to one of the Russian patterns:

Based on images from the NYPL Digital Gallery:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?55476

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

Image ID: 55476

Tkanye kontsy ot polotenets i podolok zhenskikh rubashek raboty i uzora krest'ianok Gzhatskago uezda Smolenskoi guber.

[Woven towel ends and hems of women's blouses, works and patterns by Russian women from Gzhatsk district of Smolensk province.] (1893-94)






Sample done in cross stitch with silk on linen fabric.

Similarities Across Embroidery Styles

While working on these patterns, I've noticed some similarity in style to 14th century German embroideries done in brick stitch. Since both styles use lots of geometric motifs, that isn't too unusual. They may also have somehow influenced one another in some way: I just don't know enough about the history of either style to know.

Anyway, on another blog, the author is creating patterns based on 14th century German embroideries done in brick stitch, and one of her pattern looks just like one of mine, from the Russian source material I've been using. I thought it was very interesting.

See hers at Medieval Arts & Crafts: Embroidered reliquary box, fourth panel started and my Pattern #7.

In case you find yourself interested in brick stitch, check out the following:

A Stitch Out of Time

Medieval Arts and Crafts

Helene's blog

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.