The Adoration of the Magi
Object type: Orphrey, textile cover or hanging
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Culture: Italian
Date: late 14th century
Medium: Linen and cotton plain weave underlaid with linen plain weave and embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in bullion, split, and stem stitches, laid work, couching, and couching padded with cotton (couched with linen).  Underdrawing and wash in sepia ink.  Edging: hemp plain weave
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 17 5/16 in. (30.1 x 44cm)
edging width: 5/16 - 5/8 in. (0.8 - 1.6 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Birds|Men|Dogs|Horses|Saint Joseph|Virgin Mary