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The collection is distinguished by various precious fabrics, fine safety of the textiles and their particular historical importance.
Church vestments, e.g. saccoses, phelonions, mitres, orarions, belonged to Russian Metropolitans and Patriarchs. The saccos of First Moscow Metropolitan Peter is extremely valuable. Clothes from Russian Tsars' wardrobes - nalatnik, zipun (a homespun coat), figured (tight, close-fitting) caftan, ferezeya, platno of Peter the Great – demonstrate characteristics of Old Russian ceremonial clothes and decorations.
Coronation dress, accessories and a coronation mantle of Russian Emperors and Empresses help to discover important features of the state coronation ceremony.Rare samples of pictorial artistic embroidery complete the display.
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Secular dress in Russia in the XVIth to XVIIth centuries |
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Secular dress in Russia of the XVIIIth to the XIXth centuries |
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Precious fabrics of Byzantium, Iran, Turkey of the XIVth to XVIIth centuries. Precious fabrics of Italy, Spain, France, Russia of the XVIIth to XIXth centuries. Pictorial artistic embroidery |
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