Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 14th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of a pictorial embroidery, "Noli Me Tangere." Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen in Garden. Before a tree, Christ with hand outstretched to Magdalen, kneeling at left. Hair and beard of Christ in red-gold silk, his robe of gold, now tarnished, mantle blue. Magdalen's head in profile, red-gold hair, robe indicated by remains of gold and blue silk. Background and tree have been worked in couched gold over heavy cotton stitches in high relief.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: 1963-70-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, linen, silk and metal Technique: embroidered; satin, split stitch, couching on metallic thread
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 25 x 14 cm (9 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)