17th-Century Velvet Communion Cover Embroidered in Gold,…

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1911 • Volga River Region, Rostov

17th-Century Velvet Communion Cover Embroidered in Gold, Rostov Museum, Volga River Region, Rostov, 1911

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17th-Century Velvet Communion Cover Embroidered in Gold, Rostov Museum — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1911 (Volga River Region, Rostov).

Subjects: religious articles, rostov, textiles, volga river region, embroidery.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.

Original Russian caption: TSerkovnyĭ pokrov dlia Sv. Darov, shityĭ po barkhatu zolotom XVII v. V Rostovskom muzeie. Rostov Velikīĭ.