Medieval Needlework Panels Opus Anglicanum 18th_century_silk Very rare Italian (Florentine) Renaissance

Very rare Italian (Florentine) Renaissance Textile Panel

The needlework is exquisite and considering the immense age

Extremely decorative as you can see

Silk velvet voided to reveal pale gold silk ground

Worked with raised three dimensional silver metal stumpwork motifs

Medieval Needlework Panels Opus Anglicanum 18th_century_silk Very rare Italian (Florentine) RenaissanceEnglish Medieval Needlework Panel Opus Anglicanum Hood together with two Orphrey Panels from a Medieval Cope English Circa 1500 The hood showing The Adoration of The Magi embroidered in gild threads and coloured silks Trellis couching in gilt metal threads On a stretcher and mounted within an early 18th century hard wood frame (unglazed) The Orphrey panels showing scenes from the Bible featuring The life of the Virgin and Kings Both mounted within