The Adoration of the Magi

Italian · late 14th century

The Adoration of the Magi

Linen and cotton plain weave underlaid with linen plain weave and embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in bullion, split, and stem stitches, laid work, couching, and couching padded with cotton (couched with linen). Underdrawing and wash in sepia ink. Edging: hemp plain weave

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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