OMOFOR (BISHOP'S STOLE)
Currently in storage
About this object
This narrow omofor has been made from a variation on the same fabric used for other vestments for the coronation of Nicholas II. In this case, the distinctive double-headed, double-winged, crowned eagles hold nothing in their talons. They are surrounded by generalized foliate wreathes and are outlined in a dark red silk. Evenly spaced along the omofor are seven, appliquéd Latin, or equal-armed crosses, outlined in silk. At each end of the omofor there are five sets of fringes made of gold-wrapped thread. There are gold-wrapped thread rosettes where each fringe is sewn on. There is red piping around the edge of the entire stole. It is lined in white silk.
- Object name:
- OMOFOR (BISHOP'S STOLE)
- Made from:
- Silk -- cotton -- gold-wrapped thread -- silver-wrapped thread
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1896
- Size:
- 147.3 x 11.4 x 147.3 cm (58 x 4 1/2 x 58 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 44.36
- Class:
- VESTMENT
- Signature marks:
- inscription III N 4 Written in purple ink on inside lining in middle. The inscription is placed where the stole would have hung from the neck.
- Credit line:
- Gift of Dina Merrill Robertson, 1977