Pelerine
Costumes
Inventory number
2022.1.15.14.CO.ET.C1830.RUDescription
Burgundy silk velvet pelerine embellished with gold raised floral embroideries and with a fringe on the edges. Part of the Old Believers costume.Old Believers or Old Ritualists are Eastern Orthodox Christians who maintain the liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666.
Materials
Silk velvetMetal threads