The apron as an element of festive and everyday wear was actively used in the villages of Ukraine and Western Siberia in the first half of the 20th century. The apron from the museum’s collection was made of linen cloth, with a waistband attached to it. This garment was sewn by hand from two rectangular strips butted together with linen threads.

The fabric, made on a household loom, is dense and soft. The apron cloth at the waist is gathered into a small fold and fastened with linen thread, with the upper edge of the cloth sewn into the waistband. Its lower part was sewn to the cloth with an oblique countersunk stitch, with ties attached to the sides of the waistband.

The apron is adorned with embroidery in the technique of counted cross stitch. A vegetal motif is chosen to decorate the borders. The upper row features individual vertical branches with flowers, and below there is a curved floral branch with large buds and leaves. In both cases, the pattern resembles poppy flowers.

Ukrainian craftswomen believed that poppies protected the family and household from the evil eye and various troubles. Poppy seeds blessed in the church were sprinkled on the house, farmstead, household and pets. The red color of the petals symbolized the blood of those who died on the battlefield, as well as the memory of deceased family members.

Together with the poppy, the apron was embroidered with a stylized image of a rhombus in the form of a flower. This figure is the most famous symbol of fertility, a sown field, and the birth of new life. Since ancient times, vyshyvankas with rhombuses were worn by pregnant women until the birth of the child. When making a piece of clothing factory-made cotton threads of red and black color were used. The first color meant happiness, fun, joy of life, and love, while the second was a symbol of the nurturing earth and fertility.

The museum exhibit was made in the late 1920s. In 1985, it was purchased for the collection in the village of Dolgovolya in the Rovno region. The handmade apron was noticed by Tatyana Mikhailovna Nazartseva, who became the chief curator of the Omsk Museum of Local History in 1976.