Altar frontal
Category
Textiles
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Linen, Silk
Measurements
835 mm (D)890 mm (H)1500 mm (W)930 mm (D)
Place of origin
Spitalfields
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932789.12
Summary
Blue damask. Altar frontal. Fabric, a. blue silk weft of heavier count, motifs unbalanced plain weave, ground warp faced satin, damask, selvages, green, gold, green, gold and green stripes, b. grey/blue silk damask used as patches (see DUN/T/762 for full details; design, repeat not complete (see.3); lining, blue linen plain weave; structure, hand sewn, pieced together probably later alterations.