About This Artwork
Altar Cloth (In Two Parts), 17th century
Alternating sections of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in the back and two-sided Italian cross stitches and with linen square netting; embroidered with linen in cloth stitches; edged with silk, wrap twining with weft loop fringe
a: 35.1 x 116.8 cm (13 7/8 x 46 in.)
b: 109.9 x 27.5 cm (43 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne, Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer, and Mrs. Gordon Palmer, 1969.192a-b
Textiles
Not on Display
