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alb29102502 Antependium by Anna Barbara Orliec embroiderer, 1693. Antependium embroidered with colorful silks on a creamy pink satin background, details worked with metal thread; techniques include flat, split, and knotted stitches and metal-braided threads laid flat. Size: height 90 cm, width 274 cm. In the center, within a wide ribbon wreath supported by four archangels in short armor holding palm leaves, is a walled city surmounted by Mary and Child, St. Peter, and St. Paul. Kneeling before the city are a bishop bearing the Junosza coat of arms three lambs, an abbot with the Brinken coat of arms three roses behind a shield resembling crossed crosiers, and an abbess with the Nowina coat of arms. Around them are flowers, a floral tendril, and six angel heads encircling Mary. On the sides are two figures in antique-style robes holding horns filled with flowers and heraldic shields - one possibly showing the coat of arms of Kraków a city gate with an eagle, the other illegible. At the bottom are two inscriptions: ANNO 1693 and ANNA BARBARA ORLIEC/NATA PROFESSA. Materials: silk and metal thread; function: church furnishing antependium; origin: Poland., A long embroidered textile panel with a pale beige background showing a central religious scene with several human figures seated on stylized cloud forms and surrounded by a host of smaller angelic figures; the central seated figure group includes a robed woman holding a child and flanked by two robed men, all rendered in muted tones. The lower register shows a scene with three larger robed figures positioned before a small stylized town or architectural motif, with a reclining figure to one side and a kneeling figure nearby. The border and field are filled with an overall pattern of winding leafy vines, large floral motifs, and scattered birds and angels, with ribbonlike garlands arching across the top. The embroidery uses colors including gold, cream, pale blue, soft green, brown, and touches of darker blue and black for outli.