Sash: Kушак

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Title

Sash: Kушак

Subject

Eugene Onegin: "Reading Fashion"

Description

A sash, or 'кушак', was often worn wrapped around the waist. Often stitched in traditional colors of scarlet or gold, sashes were popular accessories worn around frocks.

Creator

Elizabeth LaFave

Source

Text: Alexanader Pushkin; Eugene Onegin 
Image: 'Friends and Fashion: An American Diplomat in 1820s Russia' exhibit; Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden

Publisher

Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: The Magic Lantern, Gardner Factory

Text

«Ямщик сидит на облучке

В тулупе, в красном кушаке» (5, II, 109).



“The driver sits behind the dash

In sheepskin coat and scarlet sash” (Chapter 5, Stanza 2, Page 109).


 

Citation

Elizabeth LaFave, “Sash: Kушак,” Collections @ ECU, accessed December 22, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/619.

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