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Russian Orthodox Server's Sticharion used at the coronation of the last Russian

Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Romanov

Manufactured by: A & V Sapozhnikovy

1896, Mosco

!ondition: Very "ood ori"ina# condition ith no repairs, thou"h shoin" so$e ear and

da$a"e to the upper shou#der pane# on the back as shon

Reputable provenance available upon request

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.he coronation cere$onies of /$peria# 0ussia ere re$e$bered by the itnesses as a

$a"ica# drea$ re$eniscent of a scene fro$ a 2a"ner opera3 .oday, $ore than a century

after the #ast coronation in 0ussian history, the coronation "ar$ets $ake it possib#e to

i$a"ine the fairyta#e sp#endor of these #avish ce#ebrations3

4eter the 5reat hi$se#f p#ayed an active ro#e in deve#opin" the procedure for the 0ussian/$peria# coronation cere$ony3 /t united e#e$ents of ancient 0ussian consecration cere$onies,
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based on yzantine tradition, and 2estern 7uropean coronation cere$onies fro$ the #ate

V// century to ear#y V/// century3 .he cere$ony reuired specific furnishin"s, hich ere

created for the first ti$e in 1;< ith "reat care by the $ost ski##ed artists and decorators3 .he

served as the standard for the fo##oin" ten 0ussian coronations3

4reparations for coronations usua##y took about a year and as $ana"ed by a specia#!oronation !o$$ittee, hich as a##ocated co#ossa# su$s of $oney fro$ the State bud"et3

7=pensive fabrics and #ace ere ordered abroad or $ade in 0ussian orkshops> sno%hite

er$ine for the coronation $ant#es and the throne canopies as transported fro$ Siberia3 .he

$ost e$inent $aster%crafts$en created the intricate i$broidery and app#iue ork that

decorated the 7$perors coronation outfits, unifor$s of the hera#ds, and vest$ents of the

c#er"y3

The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Emperor

Nicholas II (detail) painted b !a"rits T"xen


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Annointing o# Tsar Nicholas II painted b $alentin %erov

At the ?icho#as //@s coronation, the c#er"y$en of the Mosco re$#in ore vest$ents that

had been specifica##y $ade of the occasion usin" $a"nificent brocade fro$ the fa$ous

0ussian te=ti#e $anufactory A & V Sapozhnikovy, supp#iers of fabric to the /$peria# !ourt

since 18B;3 .his Sticharion as $ade for a server perfor$in" the church cere$ony on the

!athedra# of the Assu$ption3

.he $ain e#e$ent of the pattern is the i$a"e of a doub#e%headed ea"#e beneath the cron,

ho#din" a scepter in its ri"ht c#a3 .he desi"n as $ode#ed on Venetian "o#den ve#vet ith

ea"#es that as i$ported to Mosco court in the second ha#f of the V// century, and used to

$ake a cere$onia# coat for .sar Ceodor A#e=eevich, the e#der brother of the future 7$peror4eter /3 /n 1696 this coat as re$ade into a vest$ent for the patriarch Dthe head of 0ussian

!hurchE and is kept in the Ar$ory co##ection to this day3

/n creatin" the fabric for the coronation ce#ebrations of 1896, 0ussian eavers successfu##y

reproduced the pattern of the /ta#ian ve#vet on brocade usin" a different techniue, recreatin"

the effect of the ancient raised ve#vet usin" si#ver "i#t threads of varyin" shades and thickness3

&istorical dress in the collection o# Moscow 'remlin M"se"ms Armor

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