
Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
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PROVENANCE
Kremlin churches, 1896
Acquired by a private American collector in Moscow in 1935
Thence by descent to the present owner
On 4 May 1895, the Minister of Imperial Court presented Nicholas II with preliminary designs for the ecclesiastical vestments to be manufactured for the coronation. The intricate pattern of imperial double-headed eagles and floral branches was based on a brocade made for the sakkos of Patriarch Adrian two hundred years earlier, in 1696. After the Emperor approved the design, the Sapozhnikov Firm, which was famous for recreating designs of the pre-Petrine period, began manufacturing the textiles. When the entire order was complete, the firm was paid 53,727 roubles and the founder of the firm was awarded Order of Vladimir, 4th class.