Altar Cover
ca. 1540 (made)
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Altar cloth of embroidered linen with whitework. Embroidered with stem and short stitches with white thread. With a pattern consisting of a centre roundel with the Agnes Dei. Four roundels, one at each corner, has the symbolic animals of the four Evangelists. Springing from the roundels and intertwining in a symmetrical manner are thin scrolling stems with flower blossoms, vine leaves, tendrils and other plant devices. Amongst these scrolls appear dogs, harts, rampant unicorns, a bird, a stag and hound. Two sides are edged with twisted and plaited thread border.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen |
Brief description | Altar cloth of embroidered linen, Germany, ca. 1540 |
Physical description | Altar cloth of embroidered linen with whitework. Embroidered with stem and short stitches with white thread. With a pattern consisting of a centre roundel with the Agnes Dei. Four roundels, one at each corner, has the symbolic animals of the four Evangelists. Springing from the roundels and intertwining in a symmetrical manner are thin scrolling stems with flower blossoms, vine leaves, tendrils and other plant devices. Amongst these scrolls appear dogs, harts, rampant unicorns, a bird, a stag and hound. Two sides are edged with twisted and plaited thread border. |
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Accession number | 4457-1858 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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