Тк-1242
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Textiles · Chalice veils
Pelena (Icon Cloth)
Made of red velvet, trimmed around its perimeter with golden galloon (braid) bearing a linear ornament; in the interior field is an off-center overlay in the form of a straight four-armed cross with radiance, embroidered in gold metal thread. Full description
- Date
- 19th century
- Material
- Velvet, galoon, metallic threads, silk fabric, metal sequins
- Technique
- Machine weaving, machine sewing, hand sewing
- Dimensions
- 50 × 51 cm
Description
Made of red velvet, trimmed around its perimeter with golden galloon (braid) bearing a linear ornament; in the interior field is an off-center overlay in the form of a straight four-armed cross with radiance, embroidered in gold metal thread.
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-1675
- Title
- Pelena (Icon Cloth)
- Collection group
- Textiles · Chalice veils
- Projects
- Church Antiquities
- Date
- 19th century
- Material
- Velvet, galoon, metallic threads, silk fabric, metal sequins
- Technique
- Machine weaving, machine sewing, hand sewing
- Dimensions
- 50 × 51 cm
- Digitisation
- Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
- Tradition
- Orthodoxy
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