Fragment from an Orphrey Band Showing St. Barbara and St. James

England

Date

1350/1400

Medium

Linen, plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, padded satin, and split stitches; couching

Dimensions

34.3 × 18.4 cm (13 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Walter Byron Smith