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.
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