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Orphrey Fragment (Depicting the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple)

1450/1500
Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts
21.7 × 23.1 cm (8.5 × 9.1 in)

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