Altar Frontal Depicting Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1575/1600, Spain, Seo de Urgel, Silk, warp-float faced broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet, appliquéd with linen, plain weave, silk and gilt and silvered wire, plain weave with twill interlacing of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, silk and silvered wire, twill weave, embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt and silvered wire in overcast, satin, padded satin, split, and stem stitches, laid work, couching, and padded couching, semi-precious st

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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