Title
Embroidered Front of an Altar, 1600s - 1700s. Creator: Unknown.
Caption
Embroidered Front of an Altar, 1600s - 1700s. This spectacular cloth with raised three-dimensional embroidery embellished the front of an altar. Lavishly applied gilt-metal thread creates architectural embellishments enhanced by grand vases displaying sheaves of wheat in the upper corners and bunches of grapes in the center of the fringed over-frontal, referring to the bread and wine of the Mass. The central coat of arms represents the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, a Roman Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Saint Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelona, Spain, then in the principality of Catalonia (crown of Aragon).
Date
0
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F79_368
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
311,1Mb (21,9Mb) / 47,9in x 25,2in / 14362 x 7572 (300dpi)