1960.751.6: Orphrey Panel from a Cope
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.751.6
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Orphrey Panel from a Cope
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- early 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe
- Culture
- European
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211545
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk and metallic (silver and gilt) yarns filé
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 139 × 24.3 cm (54 3/4 × 9 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Harry G. Friedman, New York, Gift to Fogg Museum, 1960.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.751.6
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- 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.
Verification Level
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