1975.41.27: Liturgical Vestment (fragment)
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.27
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Liturgical Vestment (fragment)
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 16th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Armenia
- Culture
- Armenian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214692
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk brocade
- Technique
- Brocade
- Dimensions
- 144 x 65.2 cm (56 11/16 x 25 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
- Accession Year
- 1975
- Object Number
- 1975.41.27
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This fragment of a vestment in brocaded silk satin is decorated with tiers of figures of enthroned Christ supported by the Tetramorph and separated by double bar crosses. In-woven inscriptions are preserved in the bottom row only.
Verification Level
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