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

1350/1400
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
34.3 × 18.4 cm (13.5 × 7.2 in)

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