Orphrey Panel (Depicting the Nativity)
1451–1500
- Medium
- Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary binding warps in a weft-float faced 2:1 twill interlacing
- Dimensions
- 35 × 56 cm (13 3/4 × 22 in.)
- Genre
- Textiles
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
Mythologygilt-metal-strip-wrapped linenknotsliturgicalsilk (textile)satin weavingTextileweaving