POKROVETS, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)

On view in: Russian Sacred Arts Gallery

About this object

On each arm, large leaf sprays in silver embroidery. edged with silver fringe. Cross in center within a square. Lined with yellow linen. Set of two.

Object name:

POKROVETS, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Linen -- silk -- silver-wrapped silk threads

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

ca. 1850

Size:

54 × 53.3 cm (21 1/4 × 21 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

43.32.2

Class:

NEEDLEWORK

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTIONS ИСТ. ХУД. БЫТ. МУЗЕЙ / XVIII В. / в Донской Монастырь / ИНВ. Н. 475a [Stamp in Cyrillic: Историко-художественный и бытовой музей XVIII века в Донской Монастырь / Historical Museum of Artistic and Daily Life of the Eighteenth Century at the Donskoy Monastery]

Credit line:

Gift of Dina Merrill Robertson, 1977