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CUSHION, ONE OF TWO
CUSHION, ONE OF TWO
43.66.2
Unknown
20th c.
The needlework on the cushion shows a sailing ship proceeding to the right. It has three masts with three tan billowing sails. Three flags in dark red and off white fly from the masts. The body of...
ORLETS
ORLETS
43.68
Unknown
19th c.
The medallion is loosely woven in imitation of needlepoint. It portrays an eagle in grays and blacks flying over the walled city of Jerusalem, the city being rendered in several colors. The lining...
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
43.6.1
Unknown
Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
Rectangular piece is in three colored satins-red for the central medallion, brown for the border to the medallion and yellow for the outside edge and off-white for the rest, the fringe is in gold....
POKROVETS
POKROVETS
43.6.2
Unknown
Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
The decoration of the cross-shaped pokrovets is so modernized that it is barely recognizable as a liturgical object. The background is of a cream-colored satin. Embroidered on each of the four...
ALTAR CLOTH (POKROVETS)
ALTAR CLOTH (POKROVETS)
43.6.3
Unknown
Late 1800-Early 1900
The decoration of the cross-shaped pokrovets is so modernized that it is barely recognizable as a liturgical object. The background is of a cream-colored satin. Embroidered on each of the four...
AER (VOZDUKH)
AER (VOZDUKH)
43.7
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Designer)
c. 1899
This vozdukh (aer), with which the priest covers all the liturgical vessels during the sacrament, exemplifies the importance and high quality of liturgical embroidery in late nineteenth-century...
Pokrovets
Pokrovets
43.70
Unknown
19th c.
Deep green silk velvet cross form with gold metal wound thread fringe. Center square to fit over mouth of chalice embroidered with gold thread cross, with couched silver thread in lattice form...
ALTAR HANGING OR FRONTAL
ALTAR HANGING OR FRONTAL
43.73
ca. 1900
The attribution to A. i V. Sapozhnikovy is based on the contrasting matt and shiny gold created by mixing twisted and smooth gold-wrapped silk threads. The unlined fabric is decorated with a...
VOZDUKH
VOZDUKH
43.74
Unknown
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...
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
43.8
Unknown (Manufacturer)
19th Century
The background is in various materials of different colors and embroidered with silver and silver gilt threads and sewn with paste stones in blue and red and also with fresh water pearls. There...
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
43.9
Unknown
1850-1899
The background is red velvet with silver gilt fringe and tassels. In the center is a cross embroidered in stumpwork, gold thread of two colors and sequins. In each of the outer corners is a...
STIKHAR'
STIKHAR'
44.1
Unknown (Manufacturer)
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...