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Ukrainian embroidery (Ukrainian: вишивка, romanized: vyshyvka) occupies an important place among the various branches of Ukrainian decorative arts.[1] Embroidery has a rich history in Ukraine, and has long appeared in Ukrainian folk dress as well as played a part in traditional Ukrainian weddings and other celebrations.[2] Appearing all across the country, Ukrainian embroidery varies depending on the region of origin.[3] From Poltava, Kyiv, and Chernihiv in the east, to Volyn and Polissia in the northwest, to Bukovina, and the Hutsul area in the southwest, the designs have a long history which defines its ornamental motifs and compositions, as well as its favorite choice of colors and types of stitches.[4]
- ^ Dr. Natalie Kononenko. Ukrainian Minstrels: And the Blind Shall Sing. M.E. Sharpe, 1998. p 18.
- ^ Catherine Amoroso Leslie. Needlework Through History: An Encyclopedia . Greenwood Press, 2007.
- ^ "Podvyzhnytsi narodnoho mystetstva", Kyiv 2003 and 2005, by Yevheniya Shudra, Welcome to Ukraine Magazine
- ^ Ukrainian Museum Archives. Online exhibit on loan from the D.Dmytrykiw Ukrainian Ethnographic Research Collection, Library & Archives of Westlake, Ohio