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Altar frontal
Altar frontal

Altar frontal

second quarter of 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk, voided velvet, cut pile, on a twill-weave ground, with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts in twill-weave
Dimensions181.4 x 180.2 cm (71 7/16 x 70 15/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number31.560
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on September 3, 1931
Altar frontal
1800–50
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
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