Embroidery

Medieval Russian Garb

I recently finished reading and translating an article by M.A. Saburova on medieval Russian garb. This article, published in 1997,…

The Revealing World of Medieval Kievan Rus’ Applied Art

I recently finished reading a chapter from “The History of Russian Art” on the applied arts in Kiev and the…

An Embroidered Podea of the Ascension

Introduction Today I am presenting a reproduction of a 16th century style Russian podea, or embroidered icon. Icons such as…

Goldwork Embroidered Laurel Circlet, part 2

In my previous post, I talked about how I started creating my leather laurel circlet. Now that the leather was…

Silver Thread Embroidered Bear

I just recently finished another metalwork embroidery piece, a rendition of my wife’s heraldry. Here is Cwen’s registered device: I…

Several Examples of Muscovite Embroidery from the Time of Dionisius

Today’s post is my translation of N.A. Majasova’s overview of 5 items of Muscovite ecclesiastical embroidery from the late 14th-early 15th centuries,…

Goldwork Embroidery of Kievan Rus’

Today, I’d like to share with you the following article: Новицкая, М.А. “Золотная вышивка Киевской Руси.” Byzantinoslavica, 1972(33), pp. 42-50.…

Opulence in Ecclesiastical Embroidery

The title of this work was perhaps the hardest part to translate. Dragotsennost’ is typically used to mean “gemstone”, but clearly…

“A Polovtsy Khan, or…?”

In 1981, a burial mound in southern Russia near Chingul was excavated. The archeologists working on the site found a…

Early Examples of Medieval Russian Goldwork Embroidery

This article provides an overview of archeological finds of goldwork embroidery fragments from medieval Russia. This includes some of the…