In addition to the embroideries, the Putna Monastery museum also exhibits brocade items. Brocade is a precious fabric, made of high-quality natural or artificial silk. Putna’s most valuable such fabric is Saint Stephen the Great’s tomb cover, made of a gold thread brocade named drapii ďoro.

The tomb cover was commissioned by Bogdan III, and bears an inscription mentioning the date of death: “Io Bogdan Voivode, by the grace of God Prince of Moldavia, hath embellished and covered with this cover the tomb of our father, Io Stephen Voivode, who reigned in Moldavia for 47 years and three months and passed away to the eternal mansions in 7012 <1504>, on the month of July, the second day, Tuesday, at the fourth hour of the day.”

To the right of the nave, in an arcosolium, lies the sarcophagus of Stephen the Great. Among the tombs at Putna, it is the only sarcophagus made of marble. (...) It is certain that, by preparing his final resting place in a marble sarcophagus, Stephen the Great not only wanted to embellish the necropolis but also to express a certain political concept. (Maria Magdalena Székely)

The above-mentioned brocade piece is also of great importance for historical research. It is possible that the brocade was especially commissioned by Saint Stephen the Great, and that the crown, which appears discreetly, but clearly three times on the vertical axis of the fabric, was placed there at his request, to mark his status. This hypothesis is reinforced by the fact that a crown also appears on the stone pedestal of Saint Stephen's tomb, which was prepared by the voivode during his lifetime, as evidenced by the two empty spaces where the date of his death and the duration of his reign should have been carved.