Cleveland Museum of Art

Orphrey Band: The Tree of Jesse

Date: c. 1350
Medium: Silk, gold and silver thread, linen; embroidery: split and couching stitches
Culture: England, 14th century
Department: Textiles
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

From the 1100s to the 1300s in London, both men and women worked as professional embroiderers. Here, the Tree of Jesse, a favorite medieval theme illustrating the ancestry of Christ, appears as a grapevine with three ancestors—Achim, Ezechias, and Eliud—seated on tendrils. Painters often provided embroiderers with designs, revealing a close relationship between the professions.

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