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The Grandisson Orphreys (© V&A Picture Library)
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The Grandisson Orphreys

Artist: Medieval

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1340 - 1369

Materials: linen,silver gilt, silk thread

Grant:

Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £250,000)

Vendor: Executor's of the Marquess of Bute

Review number: 4203 (1995)

Provenance:
John Grandisson Bishop of Exeter. By 1896 'an American Collector'. By 1905 4th Marquess of Bute; by descent to the vendor.

Description:
Two panels, Linen embroidered in silver gilt and coloured silks. They show half figures of saints in barbed quatrefoils. 1) 152 x 23 cm. 2) 170 x 23 cm.

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