A SET OF FOUR 'OPUS ANGLICANUM' ORPHREY PANELS PROBABLY 16TH CENTURY of lancet form, worked in silk and silver thread on a linen ground in a variety of stitches including split and satin, with applique and couched work on a silver thread ground depicting St Catherine, possibly Mary Magdalene and two male saints, each beneath Gothic style trefoil arches (4) 29.5 x 16cm Catalogue Note See Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number 817-1901, item record 0364885 for an altar frontal with four panels depicting figures under similar Gothic arches and worked using silks in similar colours.

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