Orphrey
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two sections of an orphrey embroidered in silk and metal on linen. Two Saints under gothic canopy. Figures embroidered in colored silks and metal against background of couched gold and silver. Upper figure, St. Andrew. Lower, St. Stephen? Sections framed in borders of couched metal thread and whole mounted on cardboard with border of 17th century cut and uncut red velvet.
place: label: made in
content: Italy or Spain
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Harry G. Friedman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1966-2-5
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Orphrey
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal, linen Technique: embroidery, couched gold and silver threads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 x 95.5 cm (13 in. x 37 5/8 in.)