Altar Frontal
ca. 1500 (made)
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Embroidered altar frontal in two parts. With the Visitation and the Virgin Annunciate. Silk and metal thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered silk and metal thread |
| Brief description | Embroidered altar frontal in two parts in silk, possibly made in England or Flanders, ca. 1500 |
| Physical description | Embroidered altar frontal in two parts. With the Visitation and the Virgin Annunciate. Silk and metal thread. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1975/1547 and 1991/1995. Previously on long loan to the Museum |
| Production | Flemish |
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| Bibliographic reference | Browne, Clare; Davies, Glyn; Michael, M.A,English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum,exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2016), pp.270-272. |
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| Accession number | T.37-1991 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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