Opus Anglicanum

Medieval

National Museum of Scotland

1300 - 1350

A band of linen embroidered with gilt thread and coloured silks. Two pieces joined, perhaps part of the upper frontal for an altar. Includes a horizontal row of 8 figures and grotesque foliated human masks with 6 saints, Christ and the Virgin and Child.

• Medium: embroidered linen with gilt threads & silk
• Dimensions: 21 x 144 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £250 ( Total: £1,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1956
• Vendor: Hewitt's

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