Embroidery

Applied Arts

Inventory number
2025.8.4.5.AA.TX.C1825.FR
Description
Religious still life in wool embroidery on linen base, symbolising the passion of Christ. The composition features a variety of religious symbols in a garden. These include a white ewer, a cross, a crown of thorns, a spear, a spunge, a whip, a red robe, a dice, a hammer, a nails, prongs, and a basket with cloth. Beneath is a Latin Christogram, Jesu Filius Patris Misericors Judex Aeternus.
Materials
Wool
Linen
Origin
circa 1825 France
Dimensions
Width : 0.5 cm
Length : 26 cm
Height : 31 cm