We loved the collection at The Cloisters. One of the highlights were the textiles---from enormous, wall hung tapestries to the intimate embroideries featured below. Woven with silk and metallic threads, these devotional narratives are as spiritual as they are masterful.
Saint Martin and the Ass, silk and metallic threads, South Lowlands, about 1430[1]
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Panel of an Orphery, silk and metallic threads, Bohemia, early 15th century
The Flagellation, silk thread on canvas, Italy , mid 14th century[1]
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