Towel — embroidered decorative towel made of homespun canvas. The subject of folk culture and folk art of the Eastern Slavs.
Since ancient times in Russia the towel had not only an aesthetic purpose, but also ritual. The patterns embroidered on the towel are not only an ornament of everyday life, but are a symbolic reminder of the invisible ties that connect every man with his family, ancestors.
With us You can buy a towel from the linen rushnikovy fabric with traditional embroidery ceremonial.
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On this towel embroidered with geometric patterns.
The diamonds, crosses, squares, dots occurs primarily in the frequency of occurrence of certain numbers. Score, rhythm help to perceive and explain the world. The number of elements a special numeric code, which you can use to represent the world and of man, that is the number can be one of the images of the world. These numbers are: 3 — the image of the absolute, the divine Trinity, the three realms of living space (heaven, earth, underworld), time (past, present, future). The number 4 is the image of integrity, is a sustainable structure: 4 directions, 4 elements, top-bottom-right-left, 4 seasons.
The number of teeth, lozenges, crosses necessarily associated with this range of magic numbers or multiples of them.
In East Slavic decorative art often cross. Direct a cross — the image of the sun. Nakonechny cross is associated with the earthly fire, which seemed kind of heavenly fire. The cross-shaped patterns in the center of a circle and a square can still mean, and lit the four cardinal directions.
The color red in the color of the sun, warmth and beauty.
This embroidered towel is perfect as an ornate decoration of kitchen, living room, and as the decoration images on the icon.
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This towel was made for a Sunday school in conjunction with curtains:
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