About This Artwork
Orphrey Fragment depicting the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple1450/1500
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
21.7 x 23.1 cm (8 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)
Chester D. Tripp Fund, 1992.1844
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Heralding a Vestment Collection," September 1996–January 1997
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Renaissance Velvets and Silks," December 18, 2002–April 13, 2003