Altar Frontal
1701–1800
- Medium
- Silk, satin weave; underlaid with hemp, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and and hemp wrapped with gilt-metal strip and silk in satin stitches; laid work and couching; edged with woven tape
- Dimensions
- 103.7 × 202 cm (40 3/4 × 79 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)liturgicalritual objectsneedlework (visual works)Textile