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Orphrey Panel from a Cope
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Orphrey panel with a cherub at the top and three sections depicting saints, from top to bottom: top saint is cut out and missing; monastic saint holding a closed book and flowering lily in an archway (St. Anthony of Padua?); St. Roch holding a staff and showing his leg wound, with a dog at his feet. Gold corded border with linked S-curves. Embroidered on a linen plain weave ground incorporating split stitches, couching and backstitching.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Harry G. Friedman New York Gift to Fogg Museum 1960.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Harry G. Friedman
Title: Orphrey Panel from a Cope
Description:
Orphrey panel with a cherub at the top and three sections depicting saints, from top to bottom: top saint is cut out and missing; monastic saint holding a closed book and flowering lily in an archway (St.
Anthony of Padua?); St.
Roch holding a staff and showing his leg wound, with a dog at his feet.
Gold corded border with linked S-curves.
Embroidered on a linen plain weave ground incorporating split stitches, couching and backstitching.
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