A Culture’s History Written in Thread-Textiles Reveal Women’s Unheralded Role in Armenian Church

A patch just 15 centimeters in circumference, using gold, silver, and silver thread embroidery on silk satin with French knots and coiled wire. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GALLERY OF SACRED TREASURES BELONGING TO THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE OF ISTANBUL BY SUSANNE FOWLER March-April 2011 Textiles Reveal Women’s Unheralded Role in Armenian Church ISTANBUL — It began with a question 13 years ago from the owner of a shop in the Grand Bazaar.