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Antependium or Altar Frontal
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Title: Antependium or Altar Frontal
Date: 1695
Geography: Made in New Julfa
Culture: Armenian
Medium: Silk with silver, and silver-gilded threads wrapped around a silk core
Dimensions: 39 × 87 3/8 in. (99 × 222 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Holy See of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon (1084)