Italian Altar Panel

Likely 17th century, rectangular central panel with applique scene of the entombment of Christ, hand-embroidered in silver and gold threads and with painted details on a velvet blue background, affixed to a gold metal thread pierced border with fringe, mounted on silk and presented in a gilt shadowbox frame.

SS: 28 x 29 in.; DOA: 32.5 x 36.5 in.

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Penn, Reidsville, NC

No apparent condition concerns; not examined out of frame.

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