orphrey

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Judging from these, and the embroidered orphrey which the authorities bought from the Hockon Collection for £119 1s.

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  1. noun A band of elaborate embroidery decorating the front of certain ecclesiastical vestments.
  2. noun Elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold.

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  • The chasuble upon which this orphrey is placed is made of a lovely brocaded silk decorated with falcons, peahens, and roses Width of embroidered orphrey, about eight inches PLATE VI.--_A detail of Foliage taken from a late XVIth century Embroidered Picture representing the story of Daphne._--The picture is worked in coloured wools and silks in cross stitch upon canvas, and is an admirable example of this kind of work, and this particular detail is a good illustration of a very satisfactory treatment of foliage. —  Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
  • Judging from these, and the embroidered orphrey which the authorities bought from the Hockon Collection for £119 1s. —  Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
  • Width of embroidered orphrey, about eight inches. —  Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving
  • Part of an orphrey. —  Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery
  • On the orphrey are emblazoned the arms of Warwick, Castile and Leon, Ferrars, Geneville Everard, the badge of the Knights —  Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
 

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  1. Middle English orfrey, alteration of orfreis, from Old French, from Medieval Latin aurifrigium : Latin aurum, gold + Latin Phrygius, Phrygian.

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  1. See orfrays.
 

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/ˈɔrfri/
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