File:The Adoration of the Magi, tapestry (1902). Designed by Edward Burne Jones and John Henry Dearle — 1902 Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg version. detail - 53612486514.jpg

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English: The Adoration of the Magi, tapestry (1902 St Petersburg version)
  • Designed 1988 by Edward Burne Jones with details by William Morris and John Henry Dearle
  • Wool and silk on cotton warp,258 x 384 cm (101 1/8 x 151 1/4 inches)
  • Adoration of the Magi is a Morris & Co. tapestry depicting the story in Christianity of the Three Kings who were guided to the birthplace of Jesus by the star of Bethlehem. It is sometimes called The Star of Bethlehem or simply The Adoration. The tapestry proved the most popular of all Morris & Co. tapestries for both church and domestic settings. Ten versions were woven, each with a different border design; in 1902 for Sergei Shchukin, in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.
  • Detail: Depicted plants (along the lower edge):
    • 1) Iris (Iris sp.).
    • 2) Daisy (Bellis perennis) with red flowers.
    • 3) Anemone hybrid (Eriocapitella × hybrida) with white flowers.
    • 4) Balkan anemone (Anemonoides blanda).
    • 5) River lily (Hesperantha coccinea).
    • 6) Daisy (Bellis perennis) with red flowers.
    • 7) Tulip (Tulipa hybrida).
    • 18) Madonna lily (Lilium candidum).
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Author Dr. Alexey Yakovlev
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Camera location59° 56′ 19.61″ N, 30° 18′ 57.18″ E  Heading=93.4881286699° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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