CARPET MAP OF THE SLOBOZHAN REGION 17 TH – 21 ST CENTURIES : TRADITIONAL CENTERS, LOCAL CENTERS, WORKSHOPS

Abstract

This article describes the eastern historical and geographical region of Ukraine – Slobozhan Oblast and samples of Slobozhan carpets (from ancient to modern), which are preserved in museums of Ukraine, author's collections and have cultural value along with other works of folk art. The author made an attempt to reproduce the geography of production of Slobozhan carpets in the 18 – 21 st centuries: identifying the area where carpet workshops, manufactories, traditional centers, local centers were located and, based on the analysis of sources, materials of predecessors' works, presenting them on the «Carpet Map of Slobozhan region» in chronological gradation. Having studied samples of Slobozhan carpets, the author characterizes them as having a unique composition and decor, a special technology of weaving on a vertical loom, a warm color, a bright and at the same time soft color scheme with shades of green and mustard in combination with pink and bright blue colors. Among the leading carpet makers of Slobid Ukraine, the workshop of Hetman Pavlo Polubotka of the 2 nd half of the 17 th – 1st half of the 18 th centuries is distinguished. In the village of Mykhailivtsi (Lebedyn district of Sumy region), carpet factories of the 2 nd half of the 19 th – 1st half of the 20 th centuries. Counts of Kapnists, N. Nadarzhynska in Kharkiv Oblast, village Mariinske (Bogoduhiv district), village Mykytivka (Okhtyr district), village Mogrytsia, village Yunakivka, village regional schools etc.