Work of Art Record 42405

Record No

42405

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 52

Location

United States, New York, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

late 13c.

Subject Headings

James Major the Apostle
Peter the Apostle
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Notes

Each apostle within architectural frame, six escutcheons (Hastings, Earl of Arundel, England, Castille-Léon, Clare, and De Vere) in arch spandrels (6-11); crescent moon and stars in background.

Citations

Christie, A., English Medieval Embroidery (1938), pp. 96-97 (no. 52); pl. L (A); fig. 90

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