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Scenes from the Life of the Virgin (part of an orphrey for a cope, one of two)
Italian (Florence)
second half of 14th century
Object Place: Florence, Italy
Medium/Technique
Cotton; embroidered; silk, silver and gilt yarns on Linen and cotton
Dimensions
33.5 x 109 cm (13 3/16 x 42 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912 and Special Textile Fund
Accession Number58.329
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPart of an orphrey for a cope. Narrow cotton (weft) and linen (warp) panel with narrower strips of voided green velvet sewn along the sides. Divided verticaly into three complete and two incomplete compartments, showing, bottom to top, Joachim Rejected from the Temple, Meeting at the Golden Gate, Presentation in the Temple, Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, Death of the Virgin. Figures rendered in split stitch with polychrome silks against grounds of couched gold threads showing a pattern of rinceaux in relief. Threads worn off in many places. Three small areas of bright yellow gold are restorations.
ProvenanceSalvadori (dealer), Florence; sold by Salvadori to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; sold by Loewi to the MFA for $4800 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: March 13, 1958)
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 58.239 and 58.330 were purchased together for this amount.
NOTES:
[1] MFA accession nos. 58.239 and 58.330 were purchased together for this amount.