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Tapestry: The First Four Articles of the Creed

Tapestry: The First Four Articles of the Creed

about 1475–1500
Object PlaceProbably Brussels, Flanders
Medium/TechniqueWool and silk slit tapestry
DimensionsOverall: 427 x 833 cm (168 1/8 x 327 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Harvey Wright in memory of her son Eben Wright and her father Lyman Nichols
Accession number08.441
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsSee Description.
ProvenanceSaid to come from a cathedral in Spain. About 1893, purchased in Madrid by Eben Wright (b. 1867 - d. 1908), Boston; 1908, upon his death, to his mother, Anna Nichols (Mrs. John Harvey) Wright (b. 1839 - d. 1910), Boston; 1908, gift of Mrs. John Harvey Wright to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1908)
Tapestry fragment with Pan and Dionysos
Tapestry fragment with Pan and Dionysos
4th–5th century A.D.
Dionysos (fragment from a wall hanging)
Dionysos (fragment from a wall hanging)
4th–5th century
Fragment of a curtain
Fragment of a curtain
4th–6th century A.D.
Kilim
19th century
Band
Band
A.D. 1000–1476
Fragment of a strip
Fragment of a strip
A.D. 1000–1476
Fragment
Fragment
A.D. 1000–1476
Fragment
Fragment
A.D. 1000–1476
Strip
Strip
A.D. 1000–1476
Fragment
Fragment
A.D. 1000–1476
Restricted: For reference only
Fragment
A.D. 1000–1476
Band fragments
Band fragments
A.D. 500–800