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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.751.14
People
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
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
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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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