Altar Frontal

Altar Frontal

1450-1500 · Italy

Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, voided velvet

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Buckingham Gothic Collection

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