About the Artwork
Orphrey
late 15th or early 16th century
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Flemish
Unknown
Silk and metallic thread on linen plain weave.
Overall: 43 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches (110.5 × 36.2 cm)
Costume Accessories
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund
61.2.B
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Duke of Arenberg, Brussels, France
(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, New York, USA)
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Barnet, P., CLOTHED IN MAJESTY: EUROPEAN ECCLESIASTICAL TEXTILES FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, September 14, 1991-February 9, 1992, no 15, pp 28-29.
Farcy, L., LA BRODERIE DU XIE SIECLE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS, Angers: Belhomme, 1890-1919, vol 3, pl 221, p 158.
Weibel, A. C., "Flemish Orphreys on a Cope," Bulletin of the DIA, vol 41, no 3, 1962, pp 48-51.
Detroit Institute of Arts, TEXTILE MASTERPIECES FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, September 13, 1978- January 14, 1979, no 22.
Detroit Institute of Arts, EMBROIDERIES AND LACE EXHIBITION, October-December, 1981.
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Flemish, Orphrey, late 15th or early 16th century, silk and metallic thread on linen plain weave.. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, 61.2.B.
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