Orphrey
Date15th Century
MediumEmbroidery: silk and metallic thread on linen plain weave.
ClassificationsAccessories
Dimensions8 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (22.23 × 25.72 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund and William Yawkey Fund
Object number60.45
DescriptionThe eight-sided orphrey panel depicts the standing figures of Saint Augustine and his mother Saint Monica, whose names are embroidered in the top border. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, carries the crozier, as well as his personal attribute, the heart. He wears the bishop's mitre and a gold cope fastened in front with a morse. Saint Monica is dressed as a nun, holding a heart and a book. Their names are embroidered in the frame above them. The figures stand against a lattice-patterned background and on a tiled floor.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Euro. Sculpture & Decorative Art
middle 14th Century
19th Century
c. 1435
1775/1788
1475/1480
16th Century
20th Century
1521
1521
16th Century
c. 1530
15th Century