On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Antependium or Altar Frontal
Not on view
This altar frontal displays the important role Armenians played in spreading motifs and materials around the globe. It is made of silk, a textile whose trade the Armenians dominated in Safavid Persia. The design combines embroidered floral patterns popular in Persia with images of the symbols of the four evangelists and a scene of the annunciation to the Virgin inspired by Western European prints.
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