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Altar Frontalcirca 1380

Not on view
Horizontal embroidered textile panel on tan ground fabric, organized into nine figural scenes in a three-by-three grid, worked in red, green, blue, and gold silk threads with cross-stitch fills and scattered floral motifs

Unknown, Altar Frontal, circa 1380, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Pierre Dupart Fund for Medieval Art and the Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Altar Frontal
Place Made
Germany, Lower Saxony
Date Made
circa 1380
Medium
Polychrome silk and natural linen embroidery on natural linen
Dimensions
29 1/2 x 42 1/2 in. (74.93 x 108 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Pierre Dupart Fund for Medieval Art and the Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.79.48
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward. 600 Years of Embroidery from the Permanent Collection: 1380-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982.

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