Cleveland Museum of Art
Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epimanikion)
- Date
- 1700s
- Medium
- embroidery: silk, gold and silver thread, pearls
- Culture
- Armenia or Greece, 18th century
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The scene represented seems to be a legend of the Orthodox Church: a priest eposes scepter and crown at the door of a church.
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