Altar Cloth
c. 1350
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Altar Cloth, c. 1350. Germany, Altenberg on the Lahn, Premonstratensian Convent, 14th century. Embroidery: linen; overall: 154.3 x 374.5 cm (60 3/4 x 147 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.352 When lit from behind, the previously hidden details emerge and the complex design becomes evident.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- embroidery: linen
- Medium
- embroidery, linen
- Dimensions
- Overall: 154.3 x 374.5 cm (60 3/4 x 147 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: various motifs enclosed in quatrefoils with identifying inscriptions in Gothic letters.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1948.352
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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