Textile ArtsEuropean
Cushion with Appliquéd and Embroidered Panel depicting Saint Matthew (possibly from a cope or chasuble orphrey)
Artists
Unidentified ArtistArtist
Description
Red cut silk velvet with embroidered panel depicting a bearded saint holding a book in his left hand and a sack in his right (Saint Matthew).
Dimensions
45.7 × 48.3 × 11.4 cm (18 × 19 × 4 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930
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