The pall was intended to be laid on the shrine with the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh. It is kept in the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery.
The piece was made in the Kremlin workshop by order of the last (seventh) wife of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna Nagaya. This is evidenced by the two-line inscription, embroidered with pearls in the lower part of the centerpiece:
The piece was made in the Kremlin workshop by order of the last (seventh) wife of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, Tsarina Maria Feodorovna Nagaya. This is evidenced by the two-line inscription, embroidered with pearls in the lower part of the centerpiece: