Sapozhnikov and Company, Moscow, 1896 This important coronation vestment, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as a 'felon' or phelonion, was one of 30 vestments worn by bishops officiating at the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II in 1896; woven by the Moscow textile manufacturer Sapozhnikov and Company specifically for the momentous occasion, the gold brocade phelonion is richly embroidered in an intricate foliate pattern featuring the Imperial double-headed eagle; the yoke is embroidered with a large cross-surmounted crown over a stylized sunburst, while two smaller medallions, one in the shape of a cross and another of an octagon, decorate the back length: 142 cm (55 7/8 in).
Sapozhnikov and Company, Moscow, 1896 This important coronation vestment, known in the Russian Orthodox Church as a 'felon' or phelonion, was one of 30 vestments worn by bishops officiating at the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II in 1896; woven by the Moscow textile manufacturer Sapozhnikov and Company specifically for the momentous occasion, the gold brocade phelonion is richly embroidered in an intricate foliate pattern featuring the Imperial double-headed eagle; the yoke is embroidered with a large cross-surmounted crown over a stylized sunburst, while two smaller medallions, one in the shape of a cross and another of an octagon, decorate the back length: 142 cm (55 7/8 in).
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