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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, volume 53, 2018
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 53

"Two Embroideries Used as Liturgical Cuffs": Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 53 (2018)

Sullivan, Alice Isabella
2018
6 pages
4 illustrations
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The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. Highlights of volume 53 include an exquisite pair of 17th-century Chinese birthday gift portraits of an elderly couple, a hidden painting of a Rococo-inspired nude underneath Manet’s 1862 Mademoiselle V. . . . in the Costume of an Espada, and a new identification of the central figure in Daumier’s The Third-Class Carriage.

Liturgical Cuff, Silk and metal thread embroidery on a foundation of silk satin and cotton plain weave
16th century
Liturgical Cuff, Silk and metal wrapped thread embroidery on a foundation of silk satin and cotton plain weave
16th century