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Ecclesiastical Embroidery (Epigonation)
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About this work
This ecclesiastical embroidery depicts Christ washing the feet of the 12 Disciples at the Last Supper. There is a Greek or old Slavonic inscription on the border, which is indecipherable. The heavy embroidery was done in gold, silver, and various silk threads.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEcclesiastical Embroidery (Epigonation), 1600s–1700s. Armenia and Greece, 17th-18th century. Embroidery; silk and metallic threads; overall: 48.2 x 49 cm (19 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1422
