Object ID
2003.33.1.A
Object Name
Wall Hanging
Object Collection
BARBATSULY (is part of)
Date Created
1910 – 1918
Alternative Name
Banda
Material
Velvet
Object Entities
Object Description
RECANTANGLER - GREENISH GREY VELVET W/ GOLD SATIN STITCH (ANEVATA) W/ GOLD SEQUNIS DESIGN. THE EMBROIDERY HERE IS TYPICAL OF LITURQICAL ROBES - GOLD THREAD IS WOUND A ROUND A HARD FLAT PIECE CUT TO DESIRED PATTERN. THEN ATTACHE TO THE VELVET. THIS technique is called "couching". Red cording decorates the edge of the piece.
Origin
"we have this pattern elsewhere"
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Citation
Wall Hanging, 1910 – 1918, BARBATSULY, National Hellenic Museum, https://collections.nationalhellenicmuseum.org/Detail/objects/6927. Accessed 06/01/23.