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ECCLESIASTICAL CLOTH
ECCLESIASTICAL CLOTH
Cat. no.:
43.37
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
1650-1799
Cloth is composed a seventeenth-century seed pearl embroidery in the center surrounded by eighteenth-century figured silk. The central section is deep red velvet panel measuring 8.5 inches x 8.5...
SAVVATII TVERSKII (SAVVATII OF TVER)
SAVVATII TVERSKII (SAVVATII OF TVER)
Cat. no.:
43.53
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
1601 (?)-1794
This embroidery was originally on blue silk but has now been mounted on a piece of brocade with all the embroidery (including the inscriptions) preserved including some of the blue silk for the...
Plashchanitsa
Plashchanitsa
Cat. no.:
43.54
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
ca. 1730
The background is in pink silk, somewhat faded but in good condition. In the center is the burial of Christ. He is wrapped in a linen sheet held by two Saints, probably one is St. Joseph of...
Plashchanitsa
Plashchanitsa
Cat. no.:
43.55
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
1750-1800
In the center against a blue silk ground is embroidered the scene of the Descent from the Cross in gilt and silver threads and in colored silk threads. Christ is being lowered into His...
VOZDUKH
VOZDUKH
Cat. no.:
43.74
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
1650-1675
The central panel of the altar cloth is rendered entirely in metal thread embroidery except for the dolichnoe (faces, hands, and feet of the holy figures and the body of Christ). Those areas are...
STIKHAR'
STIKHAR'
Cat. no.:
44.1
Artist:
Unknown (Manufacturer)
Date:
c. 1855
The brocade has a pattern of branches and leaves in two color gold threads against silver. At regular intervals are bouquets of flowers set against numerous leaves in bright colored silks. The...
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
Cat. no.:
44.10
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
The epitrakhil’ is constructed in one piece, rather than having been cut down the center and being closed with buttons or hooks, as was more common in the 19th century. The fabric is brocaded...
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
Cat. no.:
44.12
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
The epitrakhil' is constructed in one piece, rather than having been cut down the center and being closed with buttons or hooks, as was more typical in the 19th century. The fabric is brocaded ...
NABEDRENNIK
NABEDRENNIK
Cat. no.:
44.13
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
Early 20th c.
The central portion is a fine brocade with an all-over pattern of Latin, equal-armed crosses in red velvet edged in gold alternating with tiny eight-pointed stars in red velvet with a gold center....
NABEDRENNIK
NABEDRENNIK
Cat. no.:
44.17
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
18th c.
A rectangular piece for liturgical use. The main section is in a superb Russian brocade with a wheat design with curling ferns in gold threads on a background of silver threads. There are also...
STIKHAR'
STIKHAR'
Cat. no.:
44.20
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
The brocade has a large leaf and floral pattern woven in four color gold threads with a background of silver threads. Around the collar and across the bottom is a wide band of a leaf and fruit...
NABEDRENNIK
NABEDRENNIK
Cat. no.:
44.23
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
Gold brocade border on sides and bottom, gold fringe on bottom, grape vines and wheat stalks in gold, outlined in pale blue on a silver ground, appliqued, embossed cross in center. Ribbon for...
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