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Piece of brocade
Probably Russian
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 36 x 34 cm (14 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number98.975
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground is of cloth of gold. The design of circles enclosing a figure of a man with a halo, the vestments of the Greek church and both hands raised in blessing, is of gold, white, light blue, red and black. Above each hand are letters and between the circles are crosses and letters. In the lower left hand corner are the letters I A A I K A T E P I N H 90 or 20 worked with bouillion.