An orphrey and stole fragment

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An orphrey and stole fragment
the former woven in coloured silks and gilt threads and over embroidered, with a richly robed and haloed figure, with the inscription laudan above and s' paulus below; the stole also woven in coloured silks and gilt threads with repeated stylised flowerheads and stars and JESVS, both Cologne, 2nd half of 15th century
See Colour Plate 26

Lot Essay

Item no. 75 in the Keir Collection is similar
Also lot 79 in the sale of the Iklé Collection - 7 November 1989 at Christie's South Kensington

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