Linen tunic with embroidery from Kievan Rus

Decorated Viking tunic made of brown color, 100% linen fabric. Fabric has been washed before sewing. Tunic should be hand washed in 30 C. Shape based on a find from Birka (Sweden), 8th-9th cent. Made of two rectangles and with square-shaped wedges under the armpits and wedges on the sides. Round neck line with split. Similar pattern were used in both the Skjoldehamn and Kragelund tunics, they are characteristic for early medieval tunics. Inside stitch are machine, every visible stitches are made by hand with linen threads. Neck line, cuffs and lower edge bordered with 100% green linen fabric. On cuffs large hand made embroideries made with linen threads, sized 7 cm x 26 cm. Motif of embroidery comes from from Kievan Rus. 

Size: length of tunic 102 cm, width 64 cm, length of sleeves 61 cm, width of sleeves 17 cm, height of wedges 48 cm.