Orphrey Panel from a Cope converted for use as a Chasuble Orphrey

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1960.751.2
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Orphrey Panel from a Cope converted for use as a Chasuble Orphrey
Classification: Textile Arts
Work Type: textile
Date: 16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Northwest Europe
Culture: European
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/288103

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silk with metallic yarns filé
Technique: Embroidery
Dimensions: 134.9 × 24.1 cm (53 1/8 × 9 1/2 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: 1960.751.2
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Decorative embroidered panel with scoop cut out for neck with flowers and foliage; three panels below with couched stitching, from top to bottom: Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane with sleeping Peter, James and John in an architectural niche with gothic vaulting; The Kiss of Judas in an architectural niche at the centre of which is a coat of arms vert, a bend sinister to dexter (u.r. to l.l.) in strapwork cartouche; and The Mocking of Christ in an architectural niche. Corded border and backed with linen. Or nué used all over; split and whip stitches; architectural elements are appliquéd.

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