Cover
date: label: Date
content: 1809
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Purple gauze over red silk. In center, a crucifix with the sun, moon and stars in silks and gold, surrounded by sun rays in paillettes and fine gold embroidery. Angels in the corners swing chalices and the ground is strewn with cherubim in silks and gold. Two inscriptions in Armenian, of which the earlier is undated: "In memory of Lady Takouhi, deceased in Constantinople, daughter of Sir Tovma, the fat merchant and Muslim native of Tokat, and for the enjoyment of Archimandrite Aristakes." "Rededicated to the memory of the soul of Mikael, the Deceased son of Sdépan Balian the pilgrim, at the Three Saints Church in Kutaia. 1809."
place: label: made in
content: Armenia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Arnold Hearn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1903-9-20
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, gold Technique: embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 89 x 83 cm (35 1/16 x 32 11/16 in.)