Altar cloth.

This article from Canada's History discusses the artistic practices of the Ursuline nuns in Quebec City. The nuns, who founded the first school for girls in New France in 1639, engaged in various forms of art and handicrafts for recreational and religious purposes. The article highlights a late-seventeenth-century altar cloth created by an Ursuline nun named Marie Lemaire dite des Anges, which features a painted Nativity scene surrounded by embroidered designs. The Ursuline monastery in Quebec City served as an important venue for artistic production, and the nuns' artistic practice included embroidery, painting, lacework, music, drawing, and more. The article also mentions the impact of the nuns' artistic abundance on their students, particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. [Extracted from the article]