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Orphrey
Italian
15th–16th century
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 13 x 15.5 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.778
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
Description"The Annunciation". Red satin ground, with the design woven of green, blue and white silk, and linen thread, wound with gilded gold beaters' skin (Cyprian gold); between the Virgin and the Angel Gabriel is a lily growing out of a vase, a dove descending from above.