Altar Cloth
1601–1700
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; appliquéd vertical strips of plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long-armed cross and back stitches and appliquéd lower border of plain weave; embellished with pulled thread work (with silk floss) in two-sided Italian cross stitch and embroidered in back stitch; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with ground weft cut fringe
- Dimensions
- 91.2 × 298.4 cm (35 7/8 × 117 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
embellishedsilk (fiber)liturgicalritual objectsneedlework (visual works)Textileweaving