Square
date: label: Date
content: 14th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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).
place: label: made in
content: Lower Saxony, Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase in memory of Elizabeth Haynes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-7-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Square
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32 x 32 cm (12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)