id:			125238
accession number:	1947.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.2
updated:		2025-02-09 01:14:52.270000

Chasuble with Orphrey Band, 1500–1520. England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century. Silk, gold thread, sequins; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold); overall: 122.5 x 74 cm (48 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Walter C. and Alvin W. Littwitz in memory of their father, Max Littwitz 1947.2

title:				Chasuble with Orphrey Band
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creation date:			1500–1520
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1520
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creditline:			Gift of Walter C. and Alvin W. Littwitz in memory of their father, Max Littwitz
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culture:	England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
technique:	Silk, gold thread, sequins; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk; embroidery: or nué (shaded gold)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Ecclesiastical
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 122.5 x 74 cm (48 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church
	opening date:   2003-09-07T00:00:00
	<i>Draped in Splendor: Renaissance Textiles and the Church</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2003-September 26, 2004).

	title:		Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2014-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Only for Beauty? (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 2014-December 7, 2015).

	title:		Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2020-12-19T05:00:00
	<i>Art of Embroidery in Late Medieval Europe (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 19, 2020-April 11, 2021).

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CITATIONS

	Young, Bonnie. "Opus Anglicanum." <em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 29, no. 7 (1971): 291-98. Accessed December 20, 2020.
	page number: 	p. 291-298
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/3258645

	Staniland, Kay.<em> Embroiderers</em>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.
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	Monnas, Lisa. 1994. "Opus Anglicanum and Renaissance Velvet: The Whalley Abbey Vestments". <em>Textile History 25:1</em>.
	page number: 	p. 3-28
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	Bergemann, Uta-Christiane. “Serial Production of Embroidered Orphreys in the Late Middle Ages.” in Wetter, Evelin, and Michael Bangert. <em>Iconography of Liturgical Textiles in the Middle Ages</em>. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2010.
	page number: 	p. 171-182
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	Heard, Kate. “‘All holie companye of heaven’: Uniformity and Individuality in the Iconography of Late Medieval English Orphreys.” In Wetter, Evelin, and Michael Bangert. <em>Iconography of Liturgical Textiles in the Middle Ages</em>. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2010.
	page number: 	p. 155-162
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	Browne, Clare Woodthorpe, Glyn Davies, M. A. Michael, and Michaela Zöschg. <em>English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum</em>. 2016.
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	Michael, M. A. <em>The Age of Opus Anglicanum</em>. 2016.
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