Frontal
Description
Altar cloth from St. Mary's Cathedral. Long section of fine white linen with a whitework motif embroidered across each end. The pattern intersperses a cross surrounded by laurel leaves with a flower design. There are a further five crosses repeated in the body of the cloth.
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Classification
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The
altar
cloth
was
designed
to
lay
over
the
high
altar
at
St
Mary's
Cathedral
in
New
Plymouth.
It
was
likely
hand
stitched
by
the
church
Embroidery
Guild
which
has
been
in
constant
existence
from
the
late
1800s
through
to
today.
This
piece
is
thought
to
date
to
the
early
1900s
and
be
made
from
fine
Irish
linen.
Accession number
PA2016.089
Collection type
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