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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.751.5
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Orphrey Panel from Cope adapted for a Chasuble
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Spain
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214482

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk with metallic threads filé
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
136 x 24.5 cm (53 9/16 x 9 5/8 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
1960.751.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Panel depicting from top: God the Father with a triangular halo, holding an orb and flanked by angels; central panel is missing; a bishop saint with a crozier and a book wearing a mitre, an alb (white undergarment), blue gloves, rings on fingers, a dalmatic with an apparel in middle and a cope; arabesques and foliage above. Padded S-curves on gold border. Embroidery includes "or nué" (for the lower two panels); couching and split stitch predominate. On linen canvas ground.

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