Slavic embroidery

Hello all, I recently received a request as to how to tell the difference between Ukrainian Bukovyna embroidery and Romanian Bucovina embroidery. There is no straightforward answer. In the local communities, the people know which village is inhabited by which ethnicity, and they could tell you, but there are no overarching rules which always apply. Nevertheless, there are regional differences, and some of these regions are overwhelmingly of one nationality or the other, only the central…

Embroidery on woman’s apron from the village of Zalipie, region of Kraków East, southern Poland. Photography by Stanisław Gadomski, 1970s, from the digitalized collection of Muzeum Miejskie w Tychach.

Embroidered headscarf from Wilanów (nowadays a southern district of Warsaw), central Poland. Photography by Stanisław Gadomski, 1970s, from the digitalized collection of Muzeum Miejskie w Tychach.

Russian old embroidery and pattern. Vector pattern of slavic ornament. Female fertility in traditional dress patterns of Slavic peoples. Download a free preview or high-quality Adobe Illustrator (ai), EPS, PDF, SVG vectors and high-res JPEG and transparent PNG images.

Very nice slavic embroidery throw pillow

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The article ‘Goddess Embroideries in Russia and Ukraine’ by Mary B. Kelly I’ve found in Woman’s Art Journal. It describes the meaning of the most common Slavic embroidery sy…

Swarzyce, swastyki na ziemiach słowiańskich w średniowieczu / Swarzyce (Swarga, сварга - the name of Slavic, like the Polish świąszczyca, pagan Swarożyca, swarzyca or regional highlander cross unexpected, variant (on a circle) was a turnstile (Slovenian Kolovrat, Bosnian Kolovrat, Croatian Kolovrat, Belarusian колаўрат, Russian коловрат / kalowrat or коловорот / kalowarot, Ukrainian коловрат / Kolowrat, Serbian коловрат), swastikas in Slavic lands in the Middle Ages