Join us as Evelin Wetter, curator at Abegg-Stiftung (Riggisberg, Switzerland) and honorary professor at Leipzig University, Germany, presents "How an Ottoman Caftan Became a Liturgical Robe: Recycling Precious Textiles in a Lutheran Parish Church in Transylvania." Lutheran churches in present-day Romania, especially the Black Church in Braşov, preserve a surprisingly rich heritage of magnificent velvets that were transformed into liturgical vestments used until the late 19th century.
