LES BRODERIES HOUTSOULES des Collections du Musée d’art populaire I. Kobrynskyi de Kolomyїa (Ukraine)

For the first time ever, Hutsul Embroidery, offers a panorama of the most typical authentic examples of embroidery, the collection of the Yosafat Kobrynsky National Museum of Hustulshchyna and Pokuttia Folk Art. Readers will be charmed by the beauty of the composition and ornamental motifs and the expressiveness of the artistic-aesthetic qualities of unique Hutsul pieces. These motifs are genuine signs and symbols that have come to us today in a most diverse variety of interpretations. The authors invite us to examine the Hutsul art of embroidery in all possible aspects: historical, cultural, artistic, everyday, and ceremonial.