Тк-1242
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Textiles · Chalice veils
Pelena (Icon Cloth)
A combined pelena: at the center is brocade, woven on a silver ground with a golden floral pattern and colored flowers with leaves; around the periphery is plain silver-toned brocade. At the center of the pelena is a straight, four-armed cross, worked in golden galloon (braid trim). Full description
- Date
- 19th century
- Material
- Brocade, galoon, cotton fabric
- Technique
- Machine weaving, machine sewing
- Dimensions
- 38 × 42 cm
Description
A combined pelena: at the center is brocade, woven on a silver ground with a golden floral pattern and colored flowers with leaves; around the periphery is plain silver-toned brocade. At the center of the pelena is a straight, four-armed cross, worked in golden galloon (braid trim).
The reverse of the pelena is lined with light-colored cotton fabric.
Note: "pelena" is a general term for a group of ornamental textiles used in church practice. This particular pelena was used as an underlay beneath liturgical objects.
Record
- Inventory number
- Тк-1616
- Title
- Pelena (Icon Cloth)
- Collection group
- Textiles · Chalice veils
- Projects
- Church Antiquities
- Date
- 19th century
- Material
- Brocade, galoon, cotton fabric
- Technique
- Machine weaving, machine sewing
- Dimensions
- 38 × 42 cm
- Digitisation
- Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
- Tradition
- Orthodoxy
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