Embroidered Front of an Altar
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900 × 475 px · WebP
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Embroidered Front of an Altar (1600s–1700s). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.901

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This spectacular cloth with raised three-dimensional embroidery embellished the front of an altar. Lavishly applied gilt-metal thread creates architectural embellishments enhanced by grand vases displaying sheaves of wheat in the upper corners and bunches of grapes in the center of the fringed over-frontal, referring to the bread and wine of the Mass. The central coat of arms represents the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, a Roman Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Saint Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelona, Spain, then in the principality of Catalonia (crown of Aragon).

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This elaborate tapestry depicts the Catalan noble arms within a decorative, symmetrical design.

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