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Orphrey Panel (Depicting the Nativity)

1450/1500
Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts bound by secondary binding warps in a weft-float faced 2:1 twill interlacing
35 × 56 cm (13.8 × 22 in)

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