Index of Medieval Art

Work of Art Record 43449

Christie No.: 153 -
Christie No.: 153 -

Record No

43449

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 153

Location

United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London, Victoria and Albert Museum

Date

mid 14c.

Subject Headings

Christ

Notes

Orphrey once appliqued to modern chasuble.

Made in England 1340-1369 for John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter.

Formerly belonging to the Marquess of Bute.

Purchased in 1993 with the assistance of The Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Margaret Laton Fund.

Photo: ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Citations

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Age of Chivalry (1987), p. 467 (no. 598), illus.

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