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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...
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
44.10
Unknown
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)
44.11
Poliakov Manufactory ((Possibly))
19th c.
The decorative fabric is brocaded with metal and polychrome silk and silk chenille to form a pattern of pussy willows intermixed with bright red and pink flowers, grapes on grapevines,...
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
EPITRAKHIL' (STOLE)
44.12
Unknown
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
44.13
Unknown
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....
YOKE (OPLECH'E)
YOKE (OPLECH'E)
44.14
Unknown
18th c.
This fragment is from the collar at the back of a dalmatic with a small portion of the parts that go over the shoulders. The background is a dark yellow colored satin, lined with a coarse...