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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.412.A
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Cushion with Appliquéd and Embroidered Panel depicting Saint Matthew (possibly from a cope or chasuble orphrey)
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Culture
European
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214655

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cut silk velvet with panel: plain woven linen; silk embroidery including or nué
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
45.7 × 48.3 × 11.4 cm (18 × 19 × 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.412.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Red cut silk velvet with embroidered panel depicting a bearded saint holding a book in his left hand and a sack in his right (Saint Matthew).

Verification Level

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