Orphrey Fragment (Depicting the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple)
1450–1500
- Medium
- Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts
- Dimensions
- 21.7 × 23.1 cm (8 1/2 × 9 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linenliturgicalreligious scenesbrocadingsilk (textile)satin weavingTextileweaving