Shirt 006

Shirt 006

The woman's shirt is made of bleached linen. It has a frame (sewn from pieces of fabric of square or rectangular shape) and crinkle cut. Finely laid around the neck, sewn into a seam, strengthened with frames on the shoulders. It has a deep cut finished with strips fastened with buttons and long sleeves widened with studs. The shirt is decorated with red thread; the embroidery made mainly with a cross stitch. The ornaments are found on the frames, collar, trim and cuffs. A floral motif is sewn on the trim and on the collar. The main decoration of the shirt is a sumptuous embroidery in the form of twigs on the large collar. The twig motif was only embroidered on its front part. The edge of the collar is finished with a knitted stitch. Two twigs of different sizes are sewn on the trim. On the cuffs and frames, the patterns consist of single lines, resembling a string with beads. This ornamentation is characteristic of the Lower Nadsanie.

Item: women’s shirt

Material, technique: linen cloth; hand and machine sewing, hand embroidery

Dimensions: height 80 cm, width 60 cm

Creation time: the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

Origin: Pilchów

Owner: the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola