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Orphrey Panel

1300s (made)

embroidered silk, 1300s,German


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embroidered silk, 1300s,German
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  • Original label EMBROIDERY, on a brown ground in silk and gold thread; a figure of St. Ursula. A portion of an orfrey. German. 14th centy. 9 in. by 3¾ in. Bought (Bock Colln.). 8648-'63(1863)
  • Mr. A.S. Cole's revised text, 1888 FIGURE of St. Ursula, within a gothic niche (much faded), embroidered with gold threads laid flatly upon a silk ground. The face and parts of the drapery of chain stitch in silk. German. Late 14th centy. 8¾ in. by 3¾ in. Bought (Bock Colln). 8648-1863 Similar style of work to be seen in 1305-1864. Dr. Bock states that this was worked by the Guild of Embroiderers of Cologne, and belonged to the Dalmatic of a bishop. It was found in the grave in the cathedral in Cologne.(1888)
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8648-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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