1960.751.10: Epimanikion depicting the Virgin Mary
Textile Arts
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.751.10
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Epimanikion depicting the Virgin Mary
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Greece
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211264
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Red silk and metallic (silver, gilt) yarns filé, sequins and seed pearls
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 19 x 27 cm (7 1/2 x 10 5/8 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
- 1960.751.10
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
Descriptions
- Description
-
Epimanikion (cuff) with a central image of the Virgin, with a halo of seed pearls, 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
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu