The Stafford Altar Frontal
1620–1640
- Medium
- Silk, broken warp chevron twill weave cut solid velvet; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with same velvet and with silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strip and purl, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laidwork and couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace
- Dimensions
- 101.1 × 185.1 cm (39 3/4 × 72 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
cotton (textile)liturgicalsilk (textile)needlework (visual works)Textileweaving - velvet