Textile yardage from a cape (priest's mantle) of bright red and yellow cotton and metallic silver brocade

Title
Textile yardage from a cape (priest's mantle) of bright red and yellow cotton and metallic silver brocade
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Donor
Gatton, Dorothy
Description
a,b) Textile yardage from a cape (priest's mantle) of bright red and yellow cotton and metallic silver brocade in a large conventionalized flower and leaf pattern; filigree floral design with red outline, silver fill on yellow ground.
Motif
Conventionalized floral leaf design
Work Type
Textile Panel
Location
Russia
Date
1801/1900
Identifier
1952.008.001
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton Metallic Threads
Technique
Brocade
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Record says this was probably woven in France. Part of a priest's mantle taken from a church at the time of the revolution when the Soviets were destroying the churches.