Panel, Probably from a Christening Mantle
late 1500s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Panel, Probably from a Christening Mantle, late 1500s. Italy, late 16th century. Silk, gold thread; embroidery: couching, stem, long, and short stitches; overall: 50 x 204.6 cm (19 11/16 x 80 9/16 in.); mounted: 62.2 x 216.5 cm (24 1/2 x 85 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.155
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- Silk, gold thread; embroidery: couching, stem, long, and short stitches
- Dimensions
- Overall: 50 x 204.6 cm (19 11/16 x 80 9/16 in.); Mounted: 62.2 x 216.5 cm (24 1/2 x 85 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1994.155
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115, Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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