Altar frontal
date: label: Date
content: 16th–17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Heavy linen altar frontal with a wide border showing a large-scale design of blossoms or pomegranates within curving circular bands reserved in linen. Narrow border of simple strapwork in the same technique. Edging of heavy bobbin lace in a scalloped design.
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: 1952-162-127
objectType: label: Type
content: lace
label: Type
content: Altar frontal
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element; bobbin lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 294 x 100 cm (9 ft. 7 3/4 in. x 39 3/8 in.)