Diversity of materials, variety of problems. Conservation of the medieval cross-orphrey depicting the Crucifixion

Abstract

The orphrey is a part of textile collection from Archdiocese’s Museum in Przemyśl (south-east of Poland). Orphrey is made in so-called relief embroidery technique and it is a typical example of late gothic embroidery.

Keywords

• orphrey
• gothic embroidery
• membrane threads
• textile
• conservation
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