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https://doi.org/10.17018/portal.2024.8
A riporto embroidery technique on the dossal from the Krka monastery
Sandra Lucić Vujičić
; Hrvatski restauratorski zavod, Odjel za tekstil, papir i kožu
Marta Budicin Munišević
orcid.org/0000-0002-5844-0960
; Hrvatski restauratorski zavod, Odsjek za konzervatorsku dokumentaciju pokretne baštine
Sažetak
The sanctuary curtain from the Krka monastery in Kistanje, property of the Diocese of Dalmatia, is a rare example of a preserved silk curtain, a catapetasma, used to cover the royal doors of the iconostasis. It was previously dated to the year 1800, when the last significant historical intervention was carried out, as we can see from the embroidered inscriptions: AПOCTOΛИ 1800 and KAPAНИ 1800. It is not known in which part of the Krka monastery the sanctuary curtain was stored. After a complete conservation and restoration project, on the basis of the instructions of the current Bishop Nikodim, the sanctuary curtain was moved to Šibenik, the seat of the Diocese of Dalmatia. It is stored in the Bishop’s House and, as one of the more valuable items of the diocesan textile collection and the entire art heritage of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia, it will probably be exhibited in the future diocesan museum. The original decoration of the sanctuary curtain consists of two similar floral/vegetal compositions made using the a riporto embroidery technique with high-quality silk fabrics, paper, gilded and frisé cords, and multi-coloured silk threads. Based on the composition of the embroidered elements and technique, this is the first time that a distinction has been made between the original parts of the sanctuary curtain, from the first decade of the 17th century, and the parts that were added during the last intervention, in 1800. At that time, fragments of silk fabrics from the 16th and 18th centuries and two types of decorative brass strips were sewn onto the curtain as structural and decorative parts to enlarge it, cover the outer edges, replace the missing parts of the original fabrics and make the central element of the cross. Methods used on the curtain during conservation and restoration in 2020 and 2021 did not cause further damage, and all the interventions and materials that were used are reversible. Special attention was paid to the preservation of all historical layers found on the sanctuary curtain, such as the aforementioned original a riporto embroidery from the first decade of the 17th century and silk tassels of a similar date, as well as brass strips and lining from the turn of the 19th century. The embroidered inscriptions made by the author of the last intervention were preserved as a document of one of the more important changes that the curtain has gone through. Fabric fragments from the 16th and early 18th centuries were restored and stored separately inside closed panels and returned to the owner.
Ključne riječi
sanctuary curtain; catapetasma; a riporto embroidery; needle painting; Orthodox diocese of Dalmatia; Krka monastery; Kistanje; textile conservation
Hrčak ID:
325609
URI
Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2024.
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