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Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epigonation)

1600s–1700s
embroidery; silk and metallic threads
Overall: 48.2 x 49 cm (19 x 19 5/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1422
Location: not on view
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Description

This ecclesiastical embroidery depicts Christ washing the feet of the 12 Disciples at the Last Supper. There is a Greek or old Slavonic inscription on the border, which is indecipherable. The heavy embroidery was done in gold, silver, and various silk threads.
Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epigonation)

Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epigonation)

1600s–1700s

Armenia and Greece, 17th-18th century

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