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Roundel
Unknown15th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Five small roundels embroidered in colored silks and gold. Three illustrate scenes from the legend of St. Catherine of Alexandria; two others scenes from the life of St. Martin.
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Details
- Title: Roundel
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 15th century
- Type: Roundel
- Rights: Gift of Irwin Untermyer
- Medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads Technique: embroidery
- Dimensions: Diam.: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
- Bibliography: Margaret B. Freeman, "The St. Martin Embroideries: A fifteenth-century series illustrating the life and legend of St. Martin of Tours"
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