Dress with Hand Embroidery Lvivska

Fabric: coarse-weave linen
Technique: cross stitch (hand embroidery)

Women’s shirt-cut dress. It has a stand-up collar and a front slit with a fastener. The collar, hem and cuffs are decorated with hand embroidery.

We selected natural coarse-weave linen for the Lvivska model. This fabric is as close in quality as possible to homespun cloths on which shirts were embroidered in the first half of the 20th century.

The voluminous embroidery with woolen threads is done by hand. The use of woolen threads was characteristic of the western region and mountainous areas, where sheep were once bred. There is a version that in the south of Ternopil region, a breed of black sheep was once bred and their fleece was used for embroidery threads, hence the dominance of black in local ancient shirts. This color was considered a symbol of the earth, wealth and fertility.

The pattern was designed by the embroiderers of our workshop based on old shirts.

To go with the women’s dress, we also designed a men’s shirt with identical embroidery.

The model’s size is M, her height is 165 cm

If the size you need is not available on the website, we will be happy to fulfill your order as soon as possible.