Cleveland Museum of Art
Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epigonation)
- Date
- 1600s–1700s
- Medium
- embroidery; silk and metallic threads
- Culture
- Armenia and Greece, 17th-18th century
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This ecclesiastical embroidery depicts Christ washing the feet of the 12 Disciples at the Last Supper. There is a Greek or old Slavonic inscription on the border, which is indecipherable. The heavy embroidery was done in gold, silver, and various silk threads.
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