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Panel of church silk
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Panel of church silk ("ornement d'église) lampas with point composition (symmetrical around a central vertical axis). Motifs include a vase of orange, pink and purple flowers flanked by birds on scrolling floral vines with grape clusters and wheat (eucharistic symbols).
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1943
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Title: Panel of church silk
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Panel of church silk ("ornement d'église) lampas with point composition (symmetrical around a central vertical axis).
Motifs include a vase of orange, pink and purple flowers flanked by birds on scrolling floral vines with grape clusters and wheat (eucharistic symbols).
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