Lot Essay
This unusual devotional panel must have formed part of an important set of hangings for a chapel.
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ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A SICILIAN embroidered panel
Italian, 16th century
Worked in silks and metal thread with Trapani-work detail, horizontal friezes, including the Burning Bush, the Serpent in the Garden, and other biblical scenes, with an applied gilt metal shrine with a coral effigy
65 x 8 in. (165 x 20 cm.)
Italian, 16th century
Worked in silks and metal thread with Trapani-work detail, horizontal friezes, including the Burning Bush, the Serpent in the Garden, and other biblical scenes, with an applied gilt metal shrine with a coral effigy
65 x 8 in. (165 x 20 cm.)
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