1960.751.11: Epimanikion depicting the Angel Gabriel
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.751.11
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Epimanikion depicting the Angel Gabriel
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211183
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Red silk and metallic (silver, gilt) yarns filé, sequins and seed pearls
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 20.3 x 28.8 cm (8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.751.11
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Epimanikion (cuff) with central image of Gabriel on steps under a baldacchino with column supports surrounded by arabesques of exotic flowers and foliage. Crimson silk satin ground embroidered with metallic yarns and sequins; metal loops for laces.
Verification Level
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