- patterns.
Orphreys are
broad bands used on priests' albs and knights' robes. In 1182 and 1183
Henry II of
England spent lavishly on
orphreys. The word...
- the wrists, and
decorated with
relatively simple symbols or
bands and
orphreys. By comparison, "fiddleback"
vestments were
often extremely heavily embroidered...
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thread Or nué
Western Europe Couching Fabric,
metallic thread, silk
thread Orphrey Needlepoint Ancient Egypt Cross stitch, tent stitch,
brick stitch Linen...
- on the edge of
sleeves to more
extravagant designs made on
bands called orphrey—commonly used by the
aristocracy and church.
Linen was used for shirts...
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Embellishment is
commonly by
means of
decorative bands of
material called orphreys,
embroidery (sometimes in gold or
silver thread, or
making use of pearls...
-
embroidery pieces were
often made as vestments, such as copes,
chasubles and
orphreys, or else as antependia,
shrine covers or
other church furnishings. Secular...
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making them late
examples of Opus Anglicanum. They are
composed of
medieval orphreys,
mounted on a
modern cope and two
chasubles which came from the medieval...
- in 1246, and in 1247
three silver chalices, a censer, and
quantities of
orphrey,
samite and
other precious cloths for
making chasubles and
dalmatics for...
- head a thistle;
their coat was of sky-blue damask, with gold
embroidered orphreys representing the collar,
lined with red satin. The
Grand Collar of the...
-
fimbriated Azure all
within a
bordure Purpure; Crest: A
mitre Argent the
orphreys semé of
maple leaves Gules; The
mitre corresponds to the name of the school...
