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PELENA

PELENA

Cat. no.: 43.56

Artist: Unknown

Date: 1850-1900

The background is in a deep red velvet. In the center, set within a sunburst composed of gilt stumpwork, is a half-length figure of the Mother of God of the Sign (Znamenie) with Christ as an...

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...

POKROVETS

POKROVETS

Cat. no.: 43.5.2

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...

PELENA (ONE OF A SET OF THREE)

PELENA (ONE OF A SET OF THREE)

Cat. no.: 43.60

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...

PELENA (ONE OF A SET OF THREE)

PELENA (ONE OF A SET OF THREE)

Cat. no.: 43.61

Artist: Unknown

Date: 17th c.

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

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)

Cat. no.: 43.6.1

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 43.6.2

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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)

Cat. no.: 43.6.3

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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...

Pokrovets

Pokrovets

Cat. no.: 43.70

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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...

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...

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