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  • Embroidered Picture (England), late 17th century

    Small embroidered picture depicting the story of Judith and Holofernes, worked almost entirely in knot stitches on white silk using colored silks and metallic threads. Judith, holding a sword in…

  • Embroidered Picture (England), late 17th century

    Embroidered picture. Two depths: in foreground, a woman with child speak to a bearded man; in background, an angel looks over a landscape with trees, a castle, and a tent…

  • Embroidered Picture, late 17th century

    Embroidered picture. Three depths: in foreground, a landscape with flowers, a pond and animals (from left to right: lion, stag, leopard and unicorn); in middle ground, two women, one holding…

  • Bowl (Iran), 14th century

    Bulbous bowl with wide lip, under which is a decorative band with text. Repeating pomegranate pattern on body.

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 16th century

    Large altar frontal with insertion bands of punto in aria in a reticella style showing an allover pattern of curving lines. Matching border with very deep points.

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 16th–17th century

    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…

  • Altar Frontal (Italy), 17th century

    Small altar frontal with five perpendicular strips of drawn work with a darned pattern of pomegranates and larger leaves in a vine design. Bottom and edge trimmed with narrow bobbin…

  • Altar Frontal

    Single row of large scale figures under stylized canopies. Some floral and decorative detail and inscription across the bottom.

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