Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Fragment from an altar frontal in coarse cream-colored linen embroidered in silk in red, light green, light blue, and white. In the center field, the Crucifixion: Christ on the cross with bowed head, with blood dripping from the hands and three red cuts across the body. A figure appears on each side, possibly St. John the Baptist on the right and Mary with a sword at her breast on the left; both figures wear long straight robes with simple geometric patterns. Christ's face appears to be re-worked, and that of St. John is very worn. With a deep border of curving vines with three-lobed leaves. At corners are winged beasts with tails (wyverns).
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 14th century
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase in memory of Elizabeth Haynes
- Medium
- Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches on plain weave Label: linen embroidered with linen and silk in satin and stem stitches
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32 x 32 cm (12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Square
