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Orphrey Panel (Depicting the Nativity)

Italy, Florence · 1450/1500 · Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary binding warps in a weft-float faced 2:1 twill interlacing

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knots silk (textile)satin weaving textile weaving mythology liturgical gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen

Credit lineOrphrey Panel (Depicting the Nativity). 1450/1500. Italy, Florence. The Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Edward M. Cummings. CC0.

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