Frontal
Description
Altar cloth from St. Mary's Cathedral. Long section of hemmed khaki fabric with a green, blue, mauve and brown diamond-shaped embroidered design in the very centre.
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Classification
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This
altar
cloth
was
designed
to
lay
over
the
high
altar
at
St
Mary's
Cathedral
in
New
Plymouth.
It
is
difficult
to
date
this
object
but
due
to
its
unusual
colouring
and
utilitarian
choice
of
fabric
it
is
thought
that
it
may
be
the
oldest
altar
cloth
at
the
Cathedral,
hand
embroidered
in
England,
and
sent
out
with
early
New
Plymouth
settlers.
This
is
because
the
fabric
is
a
much
heavier
weight
than
the
other
altar
cloths
and
the
colour
is
very
practical
as
opposed
to
the
more
common
white.
Perhaps
these
were
choices
made
by
people
on
the
other
side
of
the
world
who
were
not
quite
sure
what
environment
they
were
sending
the
cloth
to.
Accession number
PA2016.090
Collection type
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