GILT EMBROIDERED ECCLESIASTICAL COVER, RUSSIA, LATE 17TH C

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  • Lot: 197
  • April 16th, 2025 - Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Designer Couture Sale
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
Cover of silk or linen densely embroidered w/ gilt silver thread, cross at center w/ gilt silver foil fill, Cyrillic inscription at perimeter, spangles along both edges, border of gilt silver knotted fringe, late 17th C, Russia, 16.625” x 17.5”, (broad heavy tarnish, sequin loss, wear to fringe, few sm pulls, backing discolored) Fair-good. Provenance: Brooklyn Museum.

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  • Price Realized: $ 1687.5
  • Category: Textiles
  • Era: Ancient

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