Altar Frontal
1701–1800
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave (weft-faced), appliquéd and embroidered in multicolored silk and tarnished silver metal thread in an all-over large-scale stylized design; bound with metallic gold braid on four sides; backed with white cotton, twill weave
- Dimensions
- 85 × 289.3 cm (33 1/2 × 113 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)ritual objectsneedlework (visual works)Textile