- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1960.751.9
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Epimanikion depicting the Annunciation
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211193
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silk and metallic yarns filé and lamé with sequins and seed pearls
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 17 x 26 x 15 cm (6 11/16 x 10 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Provenance
- Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.751.9
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Epimanikion (cuff) depicting the Annunciation surrounded by floral arabesques. Crimson ground embroidered with satin stitch and couching; twelve metallic rings (six per side) for laces or cord. The figures have haloes of seed pearls. Plain weave backing of yellow cotton.
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