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A GROUP OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX METALLIC THREAD EMBROIDERED SILK CHALICE COVERS, ALTAR PANELS AND PRIEST'S 'EPITRAKHIL'
19TH CENTURY
The five chalice covers in the form of a cross, each of various sizes and varying designs; one centrally embroidered with a cross surrounded by petit point needlework grape clusters and tasseled fringe, another embroidered in the old Slavic style and centrally fitted with a cross with paste gems surrounded by fleur-de-lys and tasseled fringe-the largest 22 in. (56cm.) square; together with five altar panels one centrally woven with a cross within a petit point needlework crown of thorns surrounded by an inscription from the Orthodox liturgy 'Bringing unto you one and all', the border woven with crosses and floral garlands within tasseled fringe, the angels with tassels- the largest 48½in. x 41in. (123cm. x 60cm.); together with four Russian Orthodox 'Epirakhil', one embroidered throughout in the old Slavic tradition with the crosses against a foliate ground with the motto 'In the glory of war' within banding with paterae, the reverse with a label stencilled 'In the memory of the servant of God Zankar Kiselev', another embroidered with crosses against a blossoming floral ground, the reverse inscribed in Cyrillic 'No 42d Polivoi, 735, Epitrakhil, s/.12483 i-10826' and 'For 1856, March 28;-each approximately 55in. x 15in. (140cm. x 38cm.) (15)
19TH CENTURY
The five chalice covers in the form of a cross, each of various sizes and varying designs; one centrally embroidered with a cross surrounded by petit point needlework grape clusters and tasseled fringe, another embroidered in the old Slavic style and centrally fitted with a cross with paste gems surrounded by fleur-de-lys and tasseled fringe-the largest 22 in. (56cm.) square; together with five altar panels one centrally woven with a cross within a petit point needlework crown of thorns surrounded by an inscription from the Orthodox liturgy 'Bringing unto you one and all', the border woven with crosses and floral garlands within tasseled fringe, the angels with tassels- the largest 48½in. x 41in. (123cm. x 60cm.); together with four Russian Orthodox 'Epirakhil', one embroidered throughout in the old Slavic tradition with the crosses against a foliate ground with the motto 'In the glory of war' within banding with paterae, the reverse with a label stencilled 'In the memory of the servant of God Zankar Kiselev', another embroidered with crosses against a blossoming floral ground, the reverse inscribed in Cyrillic 'No 42d Polivoi, 735, Epitrakhil, s/.12483 i-10826' and 'For 1856, March 28;-each approximately 55in. x 15in. (140cm. x 38cm.) (15)