Orphrey
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Orphrey from clerical vestments. Five rectangles, each containing a figure within architectural arches and capped by symmetrical floral motifs; three are from the back of orphrey and two from the front. Silk and metallic thread embroidered in or nué technique on linen.
place: label: possibly made in
content: Italy
label: possibly made in
content: 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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram Stevens Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-4-34-b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Orphrey
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic yarns on linen Technique: embroidered on plain weave