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Collections

Altar Frontal (nine fragments)circa 1700-1725

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Title
Altar Frontal (nine fragments)
Place Made
Italy, Bologna (?)
Date Made
circa 1700-1725
Medium
Silk chenille and silver boullion embroidered on silver and silk taffeta
Dimensions
a: 29 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (74.93 × 44.13 cm) b: 9 3/4 × 15 7/8 in. (24.77 × 40.32 cm) c: 9 3/4 × 30 1/4 in. (24.77 × 76.84 cm) d: 2 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (6.35 × 26.04 cm) e: 10 1/4 × 16 in. (26.04 × 40.64 cm) f: 17 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. (43.82 × 76.84 cm) g: 10 × 25 in. (25.4 × 63.5 cm) h: 9 1/2 × 29 3/4 in. (24.13 × 75.57 cm) i: 9 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (24.13 × 65.41 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.82.25.3a-i
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.