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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR

FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR

Cat. no.: 34.97

Artist:

Date: 1949

This gilded wood frame contains a sepia photograph mounted on cardboard of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The photograph has an approximately 1-inch border on all sides.

RUG

RUG

Cat. no.: 42.35

Artist: Karabagh (Maker)

Date: 1930

Narrow format like a runner, overall pattern on a dark blue ground of some abstract tan shapes and styulized flowers in red, pink and pale blue with green to indicate foliage, tan border narrow...

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

Cat. no.: 43.10

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1850-1900

The background is a red velvet with a silver gilt fringe. In the enter is appliqued a cross embroidered in three-color gold and silver threads. In the center of the cross is the Pieta--the face...

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

Cat. no.: 43.11

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1850-1900

In the Russian Orthodox Church, altar cloths cover chalices and dishes used for Holy Communion. Covering these vessels emphasizes the sacredness of the consecrated Eucharistic gifts of wine and...

ALTAR CLOTH (POKROVETS)

ALTAR CLOTH (POKROVETS)

Cat. no.: 43.29.1

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: ca. 1850

In the Russian Orthodox Church, altar cloths cover chalices and dishes used for Holy Communion. Covering these vessels emphasizes the sacredness of the consecrated Eucharistic gifts of wine and...

ALTAR CLOTH (POKROVETS)

ALTAR CLOTH (POKROVETS)

Cat. no.: 43.29.2

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: ca. 1850

This set of two pokrovets (chalice cover) is made from a deep orange velvet embroidered in gold and silver stumpwork. Oak leaves and acorns in gold stumpwork form the basis for a decorative...

POKROVETS

POKROVETS

Cat. no.: 43.35

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: 19th c.

On each arm, a chalice topped with rays. Blue cloud shapes at the base, surrounded by vines and berries in gold embroidery. Cross in center, edged with silver fringe. Lined with rose red silk.

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

Cat. no.: 43.36

Artist: Unknown (Workshop)

Date: 1850-1900

In each corner of the deep green velvet cloth is a six-winged seraphim, the face painted on cardboard and the wings rendered in couched silver thread. They are connected by a gold-embroidered...

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...

POKROVETS

POKROVETS

Cat. no.: 43.57

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1855

The background is in reddish velvet. In the center is a rayed cross in gold embroidery. Each one of the ends has a fine embroidered scene-the Nativity on one end and a different scene repeated on...

PELENA (ONE OF A SET OF THREE)

PELENA (ONE OF A SET OF THREE)

Cat. no.: 43.59

Artist: Unknown

Date: 17th c.

A pelena is a decorated cloth which is often hung beneath icons as an adornment. This cloth illustrates the lavish needlework that characterizes the finest examples of such cloths. It uses...

POKROVETS

POKROVETS

Cat. no.: 43.5.1

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: mid 19th Century

Set of 2. The background of this pokrovets (chalice cover) is made of a deep red-brown velvet edged with a long fringe of gold-wrapped yellow silk thread. The central cross is rendered in...

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