Frontal - (Calabria)

Archconfraternity of the SS. Rosary

Foundation year: 1401

City: Catanzaro

Archdiocese: Catanzaro-Squillace

Artistic artefact (canvas, fresco, statue, etc.): Silk frontal

Title: Neoclassical frontal in crimson satin of crimson silk embroidered with polychrome silk, gold and silver threads

Dimensions: Frontal 92 x 240 cm, coat of arms 58 x 65 cm

Year of execution: XIX century.

Author (with year of birth and death): Unknown

Brief description of the work and of the author's profile: Neoclassical frontal in crimson silk satin embroidered with polychrome silk, gold and silver threads. The outline is decorated with a meander design with a flower embroidered in silver in the 4 corners. The center is occupied by the coat of arms of the Arcicofraternita del SS. Rosary with a shaped shape and crowned at the top with decoration on the sides ending in the upper part with a spiral and containing an olive branch in its length, while at the bottom of a decoration starts a twisted pair of cornucopia that rises up to the middle of the coat of arms from whose opening protrude ears of wheat, branches with roses and carnations. Between the coat of arms and the border described above, there are 8 sprigs of roses on the right and 8 roses on the left, arranged individually, symmetrically and equally spaced from each other. Finally, the four corners inside the meander are occupied by embroidery of foliage, gold for the olive tree, and silver for those of roses and lilies, all tied with an elegant ribbon with flourishes.

Compiled by the Attorney Prof. Sandro Scumaci