Art Institute of Chicago
The Stafford Altar Frontal
England
- Date
- 1620/40 (appliquéd areas: late 17th century)
- Medium
- Silk, broken warp chevron twill weave cut solid velvet; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; appliquéd with same velvet and with silk, satin weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strip and purl, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in laidwork and couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300014063
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