Altar Cloth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of an altar cloth by artist unknown. The cloth is rectangular and has a repeating pattern of white circles with lines extending from the center, resembling a wheel or a flower. The background of the cloth is made up of intricate lace-like designs in a lighter shade of gray. There is a vertical crease down the center of the cloth, and a thin black border around the edges. A small white circle is visible at the bottom center. Small white numbers are in the bottom right corner.