The Annunciation
Unknown
ca. 1500 · Woven silk and linen · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Orphrey bands were intended to decorated priests’ chasubles or copes. Woven orphreys with figural designs were made as a less expensive alternative to embroidery from the late 14th century into the 16th century.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1500
- Medium
- Woven silk and linen
- Culture
- Italian, probably Florence
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1914
