Very rare Ukrainian rushnyk with hand embroider Poltavska myreschka (merezhka) White on White      I wish to present to you remarkable Ukrainian AUTHENTIC Hand Embroidered Peasant Towel, rushnyk which was embroidered with my grandmother Anna. She very much liked to embroider and was the good master. This rushnyk is made in unique stitching technique - Merezhka Poltavska (Poltavska myreschka). The technique has its own descriptive name in the Ukrainian language, which might be translated into English as "layerings". Merezhka Poltavska is a beautiful form of traditional Ukrainian embroidery. While there are many types of coloured Ukrainian embroidery such as nyzynka and nastyluvannia, it is the fact that merezhka is essentially whitework (white thread on white fabric) that makes it so attractive. Distinctive feature of the Poltava embroidery is that hem-stitches are carried out by only white color. Formation of a pattern follows due to contraposition of openwork pin hole and white decking of pattern which are carried out by different technics of pricking out, cutting out and “white on white” embroidery. Unfortunately, I am compelled to sell some rushnyky which are at me - I have no possibility to store this beautiful things at myself. To me will sadly leave with grandmother's rushnyky. But I very much hope that they will be in careful hands which will love them and can keep. This very beautiful rushnyk with a pattern from a grapevine such sizes: length - 81.10 inh (206 cm), width - 14.57 inh (37.00 cm) It already has more than 50 years, but it in a good condition - strings by which the sample is embroidered, still strong, a fabric, very strong and dense. There are some small spots, you can see the biggest on a photo. Embroidery is one of the most popular and widespread kinds of Ukrainian folk art. Colour rangers and rythms of ornaments, motives and plots demonstrate national spirit, glorious history, the wonderful nature of our land. Fairy images of flowers and birds tell about eternal dreams of Ukrainian people for peace and kindness and mercy. 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 secure a wedding, to dispatch the deceased to the world of the dead, to protect the home and insure the prosperity and fertility of the inhabitants of the household, among other things. In the home, rushnyky must be draped around the icons in the icon corner. Other uses of rushnyky are optional, but extensive. Typically, rushnyky are draped around pictures, be they family photographs or images of important persons such as the poet Taras Shevchenko. Payment If you follow standard eBay checkout procedure for PayPal payment, you will receive message "Currently PayPal accounts in Ukraine are only able to send payments. This recipient is not eligible to receive funds." Currently PayPal accounts in Ukraine are only able to send payments. Residents of Ukraine is not eligible to receive funds, that's why to me helped by my partner Western Bid, Inc. Please use the following payment method: PAYPAL: I accept PayPal payments Please wait for an invoice for multiple items from me if you win more than one item. I'll combine shipping & handling charges for you if possible. Shipping I SHIP WORLDWIDE! Shipping and handling for this item to USA, Canada, Europe & Near East - US $10.00 (air mail parcel or registered airmail small packet), to East Asia, Latin America, Australia & Oceania - US $15.00 (air mail parcel or registered airmail small packet). Item will be carefully packed and sent within 1-2 business days after reception of the payment via Registered International Air Mail. Please allow 14 - 21 business days for the product delivery to USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. Shipping to Europe takes usually 7 - 14 days. I can combine some orders to save your money on shipping. Guarantee 30 days guarantee by Western Bid:  I guarantee you complete satisfaction with all my high quality products. If you receive an item you did not order or if an item you ordered is received damaged or defective, I will refund you the price you paid for it or replace it with identical one. Look also other mine rushnyky I am assured - they very much will like you, they are very beautiful! If you have any questions, please email, I with pleasure on them will answer. Thanks for looking and good bidding!