Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal)

Curatorial Overview

“Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal) is an internationally celebrated Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace created by Switzerland (c. 1590). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.”