About This Artwork

England, Opus Anglicanum

Fragment from an Orphrey Band Showing St. Barbara and St. James, 1350/1400

Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, padded satin, and split stitches; couching
34.3 x 18.4 cm (13 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Walter Byron Smith, 1972.397

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Selected Textile Acquisitions Since 1967," July 10, 1972–April 30, 1973

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent Collection," July 27–October 9, 1983

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Heralding a Vestment Collection," September 11, 1996–January 12, 1997

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 141, “Devotion and Splendor: Medieval Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” September 20, 2004–January 4, 2005

Publication History

The Art Institute of Chicago. “Devotion & Splendor: Medieval Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Museum Studies. vol. 30, no. 2. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2004.