Four Embroidered Saints, probably from an Orphrey: St. Peter, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, and St. Barbara

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English needlework was prized throughout medieval Europe for its refined craftsmanship and vivid imagery. Embroidered with expensive colored and metallic threads, this example—cut from the band of an ecclesiastical garment --depicts Saints Peter, Catherine, Thomas, and Barbara.


Feet planted upon a verdant ground blossoming with flowers, the figures stand beneath vaulted domes. Cut from a larger work of embroidery, the fragments would have originally decorated a panel from ecclesiastical vestments such as copes and chasubles.

Four Embroidered Saints, probably from an Orphrey: St. Peter, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, and St. Barbara, Embroidery on linen, British

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Saint Peter

Four Embroidered Saints, probably from an Orphrey: St. Peter, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, and St. Barbara, Embroidery on linen, British
Four Embroidered Saints, probably from an Orphrey: St. Peter, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, and St. Barbara, Embroidery on linen, British
Four Embroidered Saints, probably from an Orphrey: St. Peter, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, and St. Barbara, Embroidery on linen, British
Four Embroidered Saints, probably from an Orphrey: St. Peter, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, and St. Barbara, Embroidery on linen, British

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