Adoration of the Magi in Embroidery
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An iconographic essay by Phyllis Ackerman on a seventeenth-century Italian embroidered altarfrontal showing the Adoration of the Magi. It describes the central scene and the many surrounding episodes (animals, travelers, Old Testament parallels, heavenly choir) and reads them as a Christian allegory of the Fall and Redemption. It also notes Oriental influences such as a Persian-style textile pattern and a Polonaise-type carpet. Illustrations include the altarfrontal, a detail of the Adoration, and a center panel of embroidered netting.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1935
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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