id:			95718
accession number:	1916.1420
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1420
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:13.682000

Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epimanikion), 1700s. Armenia or Greece, 18th century. Embroidery: silk, gold and silver thread, pearls; overall: 16.5 x 30 cm (6 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1420

title:				Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epimanikion)
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Armenia or Greece, 18th century
technique:	embroidery: silk, gold and silver thread, pearls
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Ecclesiastical
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 30 cm (6 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	A priest deposes scepter and crown at the door of a church: "He ekklesia ton Thessalonike."  The priest: "Thessalonikes Gerasimos" [OKRES (?)], appears in a cloud.  An inscription in the cloud is indecipherable.
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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916–
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