Orphrey Band

Curatorial Overview

“Orphrey Band is an internationally celebrated Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, linen and silk in knot, overcast, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and hemp, padded couching created by Probably England (1375/1400). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.”