Cushion with Appliquéd and Embroidered Panel depicting Saint Matthew (possibly from a cope or chasuble orphrey)

Artists

Description

Red cut silk velvet with embroidered panel depicting a bearded saint holding a book in his left hand and a sack in his right (Saint Matthew).

Dimensions

45.7 × 48.3 × 11.4 cm (18 × 19 × 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930