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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.
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.:
43.38
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
On each arm, vine scrolls and berries, cross in center, appliqued, high and stiff, edged with gold fringe, lined with light green silk.
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
ALTAR CLOTH (VOZDUKH)
Cat. no.:
43.39
Artist:
Unknown (Manufacturer)
Date:
ca. 1800
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...
POKROVETS
POKROVETS
Cat. no.:
43.4
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
The background is in red velvet with a silver gilt fringe. In the center is a cross embroidered in gold with rays. Another cross is on each arm of the cross with sprays of flowers and leaves on...
ALTAR FRONTAL (?)
ALTAR FRONTAL (?)
Cat. no.:
43.46
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
On a ground of diagonal stripes in different shades of red in cross stitch, sprays of flowers and leaves in white glass cylindrical beads, a cross in beads in the center, a border of rows of...
ECCLESIASTICAL CLOTH
ECCLESIASTICAL CLOTH
Cat. no.:
43.47
Artist:
Unknown
Date:
19th c.
Overall pattern of pale blue leaves and flowers on a silver ground. Edged with silver fringe. Simple straight appliqued silver cross in center, lined with pale yellow damask.
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...
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...
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