Hello all,
I recently received a request for information from the Sokal' region of Ukraine. This is in the north of the L'viw region, but also overlaps north into the Volyn' region and west over the present border into the Hrubieszow region of Poland. I have already written two articles about this region;
The following charts are from 'Embroidery of L'viw Oblast' by L. Krawchuk.
Here are some schematics of womens' shirts from this region.These sketches and the following drawings of embroidery are from 'Flowering Folk Art' by O. Kul'chytska.
This is a man's wedding shirt.
More embroidery designs.
Various photos of women's clothing from this region. These images were taken in a museum in Ukraine.
These images are taken from the publication 'The Preservation of a Heritage' put out by The Ukrainian Museum in New York.
Some pictures from other sources
Here is some material from the Polish side of the current border.
Here are some examples of men's clothing.
On the left is a woman's shirt and on the right is a man's shirt.
The sash on this mannequin is from Podillia or Bukovyna, not Sokal'
Thank you for reading, I hope that you have found this interesting, informative and perhaps inspiring. This type of embroidery could be used for many things
Source Material:
L. Burachynska, 'Embroidery Designs Sokalschyna', Nashe Zhyttia, New York, 1980
Lesia Danchenko, 'Ukrainian Folk Art', Leningrad, 1982
Tetiana Kara-Vasylieva, 'Ukrajins'ka Vyshywka' [Ukrainian Embroidery], Kyjiw [Kiev], 1993
L. Krawchuk, 'Ukrajinski Narodni Vyshywky L'viws'ka Oblast' [Ukrainian Folk Embroidery of Lviw Oblast], Kyjiw [Kiev] 1961
Kashybynsky and Wolynetz, 'The Preservation of a Heritage - The village of Uhryniw of the Sokal' Region', New York, 1997
K. Matejko, 'Ukrajinskyj Narodnyj Odiah' [Ukrainian Folk Clothing], Kyjiw [Kiev], 1977
Odarchenko & Carynnyk, 'Ukrainian Folk Costume', Toronto, 1992
I. Hurhula, 'Narodne Mystetsvo Zakhidnykh Oblastej Ukraijiny' [Folk Art of the Western Oblasts of Ukraine], Kyjiw [Kiev], 1966
O. Kul'chytska, 'Kvituche Narodne Mystetsvo' [Flowering Folk Art -Folk Art of the Sokal' region], Lviw,1964
S. H. Kolosa, I. V. Hurhula et al, 'Ukrajinske Narodne Mystetsvo, Vbrannia' [Ukrainain Folk Art, Clothing], Kyjiw [Kiev], 1961
O. Kul'chytska, 'Folk Costumes of the Western Regions of the Ukrainian SSR, 1959Elzbieta Piskorz-Branelowa, 'Polskie Stroje Ludowe - tom 3' [Polish Folk Costumes, vol 3. a description of Folk costumes worn on Polish Territory] Warsaw, 2007
Stanislaw Gadomski, 'Stroj Ludowe w Polsce' [Folk Costume in Poland], Warsaw