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Embroidered podea dated AD 1773 from Georgia.
Copyright National Museum of Georgia.
The Georgian National Museum holds a podea that is dated to AD 1773. It measures 148.5 x 151 cm. It is embroidered with gold and silver thread.
A podea is a cloth that is hung underneath an icon in the Orthodox Church. This podea is embroidered with an image of the Tree of Jesse, showing the ancestors of Jesus. The tree grows out of the loins of Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David (see Isaiah 11.1: "And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots", King James Version).
Online catalogue of the Georgian National Museum.
WV, 19th February 2018.