1960.751.14: Panel from a Cope Orphrey
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.751.14
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Panel from a Cope Orphrey
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 16th century
- Culture
- Italian?
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214589
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk and metallic yarns filé
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 55.9 × 44.5 cm (22 × 17 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1960.751.14
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Panel, possibly from a cope orphrey, depicting the Virgin or a nun saint wearing a crown of thorns and holding a representation of the Sacred Heart, with a strapwork frame. The techniques used are appliqué, "or nué", and embroidery using split, whip and satin stitches. On plain weave linen support and a second support of green cut silk velvet.
Verification Level
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