Fragment from an Orphrey Band, 15th-century silk textile
A vertical textile fragment in red and gold woven silk with a metallic thread pattern. A central standing figure with a cross-topped staff rises above a rectangular tomb-like chest, flanked by winged figures and foliage, with small kneeling figures below. Woven in satin weave with supplementary patterning.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supple
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 843 × 1564 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1600).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson through the Antiquarian Society