upon a ground specked with gold. Spanish, late 15th century. 22-1/2 inches by 9 inches.
This is a fine rich specimen of an article of the Spanish loom, very
likely from Almeria; its crimson tone is fresh and warm, while its gold
is as bright now as when first woven into its present graceful pattern.
1334.
Web for Orphreys; ground, gold thread; design, two branches twined into large oval spaces, and bearing leaves and red and white flowers, having, in one space, the name Gumprecht and a shield, applied, or, a spread-*eagle sable, langued and armed gules, (may be for Brandenburg); and under this, in the web itself, another shield or, a lion rampant gules, armed langued and crowned or, and double tailed, seemingly for Bohemia. German, 15th century. 16 inches by 5-1/2 inches.
Though of poor materials, this piece is interesting from showing a
name and armorial bearings.
1335.
Web for Orphreys; ground, fawn-coloured silk; design, almost all in gold, sitting on a throne beneath a Gothic canopy the Blessed Virgin Mary, crowned and nimbed, with our Lord as a child upon her lap, alternating with a circle bearing within it the sacred monogram (worked the wrong way) done in blue silk, surrounded by golden rays. German, middle of 15th century. 11-1/4 inches by 4-1/2 inches.
The design of this orphrey-web is good, but the gold so amalgamated
with copper that it has become quite brown. Though the monogram
is that usually seen in the hands of St. Bernardinus of Sienna, and the
drawing of the group of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the sacred Child
is somewhat Italian, this was not the work of any Italians loom; for
in no part of Italy would the monogram have had given it letters of such
a German type.
