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Altar frontal

1800–50
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet; cut-pile on a twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions86.4 x 106.7 cm (34 x 42 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number24.96
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA in 1924
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Panel for carpet
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Chair panel
first quarter 18th century