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Orphrey band
English
14th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk and metallic thread embroidery
Dimensions
108.5 cm (42 11/16 in.); Legacy dimension: Plate: 253 x 191 mm
Credit Line
Seth Kettell Sweeter Fund
Accession Number63.1553
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWorked with polychrome silks, silver-gilt and silver threads in laid and couched work and straight stitched. Four quatre foils; two with blazons, one with the Virgin and Child and one with St. Francis of Assisi. Quatrefoils alternate with confronted grotesques. Very worn in some areas but silks bright in remaining areas. Ex-collection Iklé.
Provenance1963, Giorgio Sangiorgi (b. 1886 - d. 1965), Rome; 1963, sold by Sangiorgi to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1963, sold by Loewi to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 17, 1963)