Altar frontal
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Altar frontal composed of five panels of embroidered silk. The center panel shows the Madonna and Child, surrounded by stars, in an oval made from pearls and rosettes, and supported by angels on all sides. The remaining panels each feature a large bird, surrounded by flowering branches filled with smaller birds. Metallic fringe all the way around.
place: label: made in
content: China (for European market)
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-99-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Altar frontal
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic (gilt paper-wrapped onto silk core) Technique: embroidered on satin Label: silk satin embroidered with silk and metallic yarns
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 91.5 x 274 cm (36 in. x 8 ft. 11 7/8 in.)