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Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal)

Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal)

Switzerland

Date
c. 1590
Medium
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace
Dimensions
51.5 × 99.1 cm (20 1/4 × 39 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson