Converted Diveevskaya Shroud handmade. Russian Empire, 1860.
 

Converted Diveevskaya Shroud handmade . Russian Empire , 1860 .
Made matushkas Diveevskogo Alekseevskogo nunnery .
Painting in the manner V.Vasnetsov .
Image of the Savior on the skin. Everything else - manual embroidery with gold and silver on velvet .
Materials: velvet, leather, lining - canvas .
Dimensions: 160 x 90 cm
Shroud in very good condition , not in need of restoration .
Is religious , antique , collectible interest.

Alexis convent was founded in 1632 and originally was called as
" Alexei Novodevichy Convent man of God ." Alexius monastery - then the community - one of the largest in Russia at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.
Although his obschezhitelnitsy not take monastic vows , they lived according to a strict monastic rule .
Community lived their work and particularly renowned for its gold- craftsmanship. Products Aleksei Monastery were known not only in Russia ,
but also abroad .
"The community is called secular monastery : it is up to 100 different state girls find shelter and daily bread : they work in different crafts.
Hence, in the whole of Russia exported glorious shroud and image can be found ready and working fine.
Nice to look at the cleanliness and order of all of this institution . The purpose of his praiseworthy ! "( I.M.Dolgoruky " Journey from Moscow to Nizhny ")

Negotiable .
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