orfrey

Updated: May 27, 2025

Also, there is a wonderful tree of Jesse, an orfrey of silk upon satin, which is so perfect it seems as if it were detached from a window of the fifteenth century; Abraham at the foot, then David, Solomon, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and at the very top the Saviour. Among the admirable chasubles he had seen, one in particular was touching in its simplicity.

Émile Zola - The Dream