Fragment from an Orphrey Band Depicting the Nativity
1401–1500
- 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 wefts
- Dimensions
- 27.3 × 34.3 cm (10 3/4 × 13 1/2 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linenliturgicalsilk (textile)satin weavingTextileweaving