See also the entry on another or nué embroidery, the Flight to Egypt.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue (retrieved 9 November 2016).
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Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, c. 1550
Fragment of an orphrey in 'or nué' work, The Netherlands, showing the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, c. AD 1550.
Courtesy Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, acc. no. BK-NM-11712-A.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds a fragment of an orphrey (Dutch: aurifries). It measures 46.5 x 21.5 cm and it is richly embroidered in the or nué technique that was very popular in The Netherlands and beyond in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The embroidery is worked with silk and gold thread. The medallion in the centre shows the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
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