A panel of opus anglicanum
A seraph standing on a wheel with a pomegranate to either side, the motifs embroidered in coloured silk and silver gilt threads in laid and couched work and split stitch on linen, applied to a ground of blue silk velvet with further decoration in couched silk cord.
The V & A has a fragment of a cope with comparable embroidery on a blue velvet ground (accession number 617-1898), while the angel here is particularly close to those on a complete cope in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1971.312a).
Origin: England
Size: 41 x 57 cm
Date: Circa 1475-1500
Ref: 64a
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