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R2
Short and Narrow Rushnyk
View of opposite ends
6 1/2" x 35"
1 in stock
$19.95 ea.
R2a
View of one end of R2. 
Embroidered on Aida cloth.
Ideal to drape these short rushnyky over an icon or for wedding ceremony in tying the hands.
Nyzynka (huckweaving) is the embroidery technique
R4
Short and Narrow Rushnyk
7" x 29 1/2"
1 in stock 
Opposite end the same as in R2
4 rows of cutwork.
$25.00 ea.
R4a
Enlarged View of R3
the geometric pattern.
Embroidered on Aida cloth.
Ideal to drape these short rushnyky over an icon or for wedding ceremony in tying hands. Cross stitch is the embroidery technique. 

R8
12" x 72"
1 in stock 
$59.95 ea.
R8a
I am showing enlarged view of the main design on the rushnyk to give a better view of the fine embroidery work done by the Ukrainian 
women of Ukraine.  There is no embroidery from the 3 embroidered embellishments. In EVERY RUSHNYK - one side is shown on this site - the opposite ends are embroidered exactly the same. 
R7
Size12" x 80"
2 in stock
$79.95 ea.
R7a
Click on image to get a better view of the cherry red colors contrasting with the moss green accents. A contemporary style embroidered in silk floss. A very delicate and elegant piece of  hand work embroidered by a Ukrainian village lady.


R7b
Enlarged View of the main embroidered pattern. Rushnyk has 
8 rows of cutwork Very appropriate for a marriage ceremony. The embroidery technique
 is hucking weaving. Click on the image to get view of 
the attractive pattern.


Icon 2
Icon Wall Hanging
Compassionate One
13"  x 19" -4 in stock
Comes with dowel rod 
and gold rope. 3 in stock
 $39.95 ea. 


R9
13" x 74"
1 in stock
$95.00 ea.


R9a
Enlarged View of the elaborate
  design  done in huckweaving
   in the color BURGUNDY.
 Fabric is loom woven linen,  
 very soft fabric. The fringes are hand knotted. 28" of pattern on opposite ends of the rushnyk.
 A beautiful piece of art


R11
13" x 54"
1 in stock
$39.00 ea.


R11a
Enlarged View of
the elaborate design
 done in huckweaving.
Embroidered on Aida cloth.


R16
Loom woven Linen
12 1/2"  x 78"
1 in stock
$84.95 ea.


R16a
Enlarged View of the elaborate
  design done in huckweaving
   in DEEP RED. Fabric is 
  loom woven linen, very soft fabric. The fringes are hand knotted.  A beautiful piece of art.


R17
Loom woven Linen
12 1/2"  x 74"
1 in stock
$84.95 ea..


R17a
Enlarged View of the elaborate
  design done in huckweaving
   in DEEP RED. Fabric is 
  loom woven linen, very soft fabric. The fringes are hand knotted.  A beautiful piece of art.


R18
12 1/2" x 76 "
1 in stock
$95.00 ea.


sold


R18a
Enlarged View of the elaborate
  design done in huckweaving
   in DEEP RED. Fabric is 
  loom woven linen, very soft fabric. The fringes are hand knotted.  A beautiful piece of art.

R19
12 1/2" x 74"
1 in stock
$84.95 ea.
sold


R19a
Enlarged View of the elaborate
  design done in huckweaving
   in DEEP RED. Fabric is 
  loom woven linen, very soft fabric. The fringes are hand knotted.  A beautiful piece of art.


R20
13 " x 79"
Loom woven rushnyk 
1 in stock
$89.95 ea.


R20a
Loom woven Linen
Very soft texture 
Close up view of main center pattern. 26 1/2" of pattern is done on both opposite ends 
The fringes are hand knotted.
 Done in huckweaving
  in CHERRY RED. 


#L8
Embroidered Linen
Cherry Red in Color
13" x 22"
1 in stock
$30.00 ea.
sold

 


#L8a
Enlarged View of Corner Border. Edges are knot tied with embroidered stitches. Cross stitched on Aida cloth.


R23
13" x 78"
1 in stock
$69.95 ea.


R23a
Larger view of embroidered pattern. Done in white colored silk threads. Fuchsia with green  are the contrasting colors.   Very elegant. Two rows of cutwork add to the elegance of this rushnyk Embroidered 
on Aida cloth.


Click on to view larger image.

                          
                                                                                            RUSHNYKY
                    Beside cross stitch a common embroider technique used especially in the long and narrow runners (rushnyky) is called Swedish or huck weaving. The Ukrainian term used is ny-zyn-ka meaning "low".  Traditionally about 20" of the rushnyk is embroidered identically on opposite ends with the remaining center left plain.
                 Rushnyky are very commonly used in all forms of ceremonial rituals. I observed on the engagement of my young relative that she began to embroider a rushnyk for her future husband as a sign of marriage commitment. At the wedding ceremony the young couple bridal couple then stood on the embroidered rushnyk.  Midway through the liturgy the bridal couple's hands are joined together and tied with the rushnyk as a symbol of their devotion to each other forever. In addition to the rushnyky being used in wedding ceremonies,  they are hung over icon pictures at home or in church; given away at funerals to pallbearers, grave diggers, cooks and other helpers.
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                  Dr. Natalie Kononenko, a professor in Ukrainian Folklore at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada explains, 
" that a rushnyk is a ritual towel. The word comes from ruka, meaning hand, and a regular rushnyk would be simply a towel, a piece of cloth that a person could use to wipe his or her hands. Rushnyk has acquired and is currently used in a double meaning: it retains its simple meaning of "towel" and it has also acquired the meaning of ritual object. The ritual rushnyk is a very important item to which a great deal of power is ascribed. It is used … to protect the home and insure the prosperity and fertility of the inhabitants of the household, among other things.

               The origin of the ritual power of the rushnyk is obscure. It may have something to do with the ritual potency of weaving and thus of all cloth. Because the human body is a central symbol in Ukrainian culture, the power of the rushnyk may be connected to the power of cloth to clothe the body. This meaning appears in the begging songs of minstrels and in ritual in the form of the kryzhma, a special cloth given by the godmother and used in baptism. The power of the rushnyk may come from the sacred act of embroidery." .                                                                                           

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