Index of Medieval Art

Work of Art Record 43673

Christie No.: 135 -
Christie No.: 135 -

Record No

43673

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 135

Location

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

Date

13c.

Subject Headings

John the Evangelist

Notes

Photo: ©Metropolitan Museum of Art In fragment of orphrey, figure may be Evangelist John or saint. Wetter, in the catalogue cited above, suggests that the piece is Italian (Tuscany) rather than English.

Citations

Riggisberg, Abegg Collection, Mittelalterliche Textilien III: Stickerei bis um 1500 und figürlich gewebte Borten (2012), p. 89 in cat. 9

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