Advanced Search 
Fragment of orphrey
Italian (Florence)
14th–15th century
Object Place: Florentine, Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk compound weave (lampas) with patterning wefts of silk and linen threads wrapped with gilt animal membrane
Dimensions
15.3 x 84.5 cm (6 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
1931 Purchase Fund
Accession Number35.86
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceStädtisches Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf. By 1934, Hermann Burg (dealer; b. 1878 - d. 1946), Haarlem, the Netherlands; 1935, sold by Hermann Burg to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 7, 1935)