XVIIIth century
Collection : The Ursulines of Quebec, Quebec City, Canada, no. 1980-104
Photograph : Centre de conservation du Québec, Quebec City, 1992
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Backcloth of silk by Marie Lemaire des Anges and her workshop of embroideresses pasted on linen canvas covered with gold and silver
thread embroidery, embellished with garlands of flowers "painted in
needlework" in wool and silk. The metallic embroidery is done in flat
and raised self-couching stitch on padded linen for the medallion and the
cornucopia. Some designs are embellished with thread and strips of gold
and silver, with sequins and tinsel wire, 95 x 260 cm.
This altar cloth was restored in 1992 by the Centre de conservation du
Québec and is currently displayed in the Musée des Ursulines de Québec.
