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    Journal "Museum". №2, 2015: Decorative and applied arts have played an important role in the development of Georgian art. Georgian embroidery is an important yet understudied area of traditional arts and largely unknown to the general public. Most Georgian embroidery collections are kept at the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, part of the Georgian National Museum.

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    Journal "Museum". №2, 2015: Decorative and applied arts have played an important role in the development of Georgian art. Georgian embroidery is an important yet understudied area of traditional arts and largely unknown to the general public. Most Georgian embroidery collections are kept at the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, part of the Georgian National Museum.

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    Epitaphion. Lamentation. Sachkhere, West Georgia. Central scene 14th century, inscription 1510-1565

    Georgian Embroidery and Textiles Collection


    Project > Mariam Gvelesiani
    Decorative and applied arts have played an important role in the development of Georgian art. Georgian embroidery is an important yet
    understudied area of traditional arts and largely unknown to the general public. Most Georgian embroidery collections are kept at the Shalva
    Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, part of the Georgian National Museum.

    he museums collection was initiated in the second half of the 19th


    century, linked to the activities of
    two former organizations, the Society
    for Spreading Literacy and the Georgian
    Historical and Ethnographic Society. Later the collection received items from
    the Church Museum, donations by private individuals and items purchased
    by the Museum. Some of these were
    acquired by Ekvtime Takaishvili and
    Giorgi Bochoridze during their expeditions to various parts of Georgia. Today
    the embroidery items in the collection

    Epigonation. Composition Descent of the Holy Spirit.


    East Georgia. Second half of the 17th century

    number more than 5,000 and are typologically divided into two groups: 1)
    church-related items and clothing for
    clergy, and 2) secular items.
    Georgian embroidery masters, most
    of whom were noblewomen, used their
    creative imagination, religious imagery
    and exquisite artistic skills and fine
    taste to create world class works of art
    infused with national specificities. The
    artistic value of these objects of Georgian cultural heritage is so high that
    they have become part of the world's
    cultural heritage.

    Mitre. East Georgia. 16th-17th centuries

    Epitaphion. Lamentation. Tsilkani, East Georgia. 1686

    After the Embroidery and Textiles Collection was separated


    from the Treasury Department
    of the Museum of Fine Arts
    in 1979, a separate storage space was allocated for the collection. However,
    the insufficient
    number
    of
    wooden cabinets in the facility did not ensure
    adequate
    storage,
    and hundreds of pieces of
    embroidery, most adorned
    with gemstones, were stored
    tightly packed on top of each
    other and folded, causing damage to the fragile gold and silver threads often used in embroidery.
    In 2006, the Georgian National
    Museum submitted a project for a
    grant announced by the US Embassy
    Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation that envisaged the preservation
    and conservation of the Embroidery
    and Textiles Collection of the Shalva
    Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts. This
    project was funded and implemented
    in 2006-2008. It meant that artifacts
    * Apparel. Christ the Saviour. Georgia. 18th century

    were placed in new iron cabinet


    facilities that comply with modern norms of textile storage.
    The database of artifacts
    was digitized and restoration and conservation activities
    saved hundreds of unique
    embroidery
    items. In June
    2008, an exhibition of embroidery and textiles, I
    Embroidered This Glory,
    was held at the Museum of
    Fine Arts. In addition to the
    items themselves, photos of
    the reconstruction and restora*
    tion works in progress were on display. The exhibition showing Georgian
    embroidery was the first presented on
    such a large scale, and generated great public interest. The exhibition was
    followed by the publication of a catalogue and two illustrated monographs,
    an educational booklet and cards. These activities demonstrated the great
    significance of this discipline of Georgian art, which is important for both its
    aesthetic and historical value.

    Sakkos. Composition "The Twelve Great Church Festivals". Asomtavruli explanatory inscription. Imereti,
    Georgia. First half of the 18th century

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