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Orarion
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Orarion
- Place of origin:
Greece (made)
- Date:
17th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silk and metal-thread embroidery on satin, with linen lining
- Museum number:
T.200-1930
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Embroidery in silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks on greenish-yellow satin in split stitch with couched work. At the middle, each within a medallion, are represented half figures of Christ (vested as a priest) in the act of blessing the Virgin and St John the Baptist. Below, in a vertical row, are the following saints, each beneath a rounded arch with leopard-head capitals (to left): Saints Basil, Athanasius, Spyridon, Gregory, Blaise; (to right): Gregory the Great, John Chrysostom, Nicholas, Cyril, and Savas. The saints are bearded (two have monastic caps) and wear an alb (sticharion), chausable (phelonion) and pall (omophorion) and carry a book. They are separated by narrow bands of floral stems. The names of the figures are in Slavonic characters. The item has a blue linen lining.
Place of Origin
Greece (made)
Date
17th century (made)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Silk and metal-thread embroidery on satin, with linen lining
Dimensions
Length: 106.75 in, Width: 48.875 in
Object history note
Purchased. Registered File no. 1930/2660.
Descriptive line
Embroidered ecclesiastical vestment; Greece; 1600s.
Production Note
Described as "Slavonic" upon acquisition.
Materials
Silk (textile); Linen; Silk thread; Silver thread; Silver-gilt thread
Techniques
Embroidered; Satin weave; Plain weave
Subjects depicted
Jesus Christ; Mary (Virgin Mary); St. John the Baptist; Gregory (Saint); Blessing; Nicholas (Saint); Basil (Saint); Chrysostom, John; Blaise (Saint); Cyril (Saint); Athanasius (Saint); Spyridon (Saint); Sava (Saint)
Categories
Ecclesiastical textiles; Embroidery
Collection code
T&F
