Orphrey Panel from a Cope
early 17th century
Artists
Description
Orphrey panel with a cherub at the top and three sections depicting saints, from top to bottom: top saint is cut out and missing; monastic saint holding a closed book and flowering lily in an archway (St. Anthony of Padua?); St. Roch holding a staff and showing his leg wound, with a dog at his feet. Gold corded border with linked S-curves. Embroidered on a linen plain weave ground incorporating split stitches, couching and backstitching.
Dimensions
139 × 24.3 cm (54 3/4 × 9 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.
Related Artworks
View MoreSilk in 'kesi' tapestry weave, selected elements woven with metallic silver threads
19th centuryChineseWool on undyed linen
3rd-5th century CEByzantineWool pile
16th centuryPersianSilk enhanced with silver thread
16th centuryOttomanSatin damask with velvet
19th-20th centuryEuropean?Silk brocade: medium green silk ground of dyed yarns in tabby weave (possibly in lampas weave), the ground interwoven in brocade with strips of double-layered paper faced with gold leaf (possibly on a ground of red bole)
13th-14th centuryChineseWool pile on
KurdishBrown satin ground with embroidered decoration
18th centuryChineseCellophane and cotton, weft faced 2/2 twill weave
20th centuryGermanWool, tapestry woven
5th-6th centuryByzantine