Orphrey Band
Italy, Perugia · c. 1390 · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Maker
- Italy, Perugia
- Date
- c. 1390
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches; laid work, couching and padded couching
- Dimensions
- 114.9 × 19.6 cm (45 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.); Frame size: 135.9 × 42 × 6.4 cm (53 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- Italy
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Harriott A. Fox Endowment
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
Shown in
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Heralding a Vestment CollectionSep 11, 1996 – Jan 12, 1997
- European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th CenturySep 27, 1989 – Jan 22, 1990
- Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent CollectionJul 27, 1983 – Oct 16, 1983
- Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1967Nov 1, 1972 – Apr 1, 1973
- Masterpieces of Western TextilesJan 25, 1969 – Mar 2, 1969