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Orphreys, Spain, c. 1550, both w/polychrome silk & gilt metal embroidery on linen ground: 1 depicting newborn Christ child w/Mary, Joseph, shepherd, & livestock; upper register, stylized urn w/scrolled animal & plant forms in gold on silver ground, left/upper/right edges trimmed w/gilt-metal stitched passementerie; lower edge cut/unfinished, 10.25” x 16.75”, (wear, loss right border/bottom panel, mod. thread loss, tarnish, w/out backing); 1 w/lower panel depicting resurrected Jesus Christ surrounded by soldiers, upper w/stylized urn w/scrolled animal or plant forms embroidered on red ground, trim gilt-metal stitched passementerie, 10.25” x 18” (wear/thread, tarnish metal threads, loss lower right border, w/o backing) both fair. Provenance: Brooklyn Museum
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