About this artwork
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- Altar Frontal
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Place
- Germany (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1425–1475
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Medium
- Linen, wool, and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; embroidered with silk in back and split stitches
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Dimensions
- 195.9 × 93.7 cm (77 1/8 × 36 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment; partial gift of S. Franses Ltd. in honor of Christa C. Mayer Thurman's contributions to the field of tapestry; purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society
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Reference Number
- 2009.50
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/195732/manifest.json
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