About This Artwork
Chasublec. 1700
Silk and linen, plain weave; watered; underlaid with silk and linen, plain weaves; appliquéd with silk, twill weave, cut solid velvet; embroidered with silk in satin stitches; couching; glass beads; edged with woven fringe
127.9 x 77.9 cm (50 3/8 x 30 3/4 in.)
Inscription (in medallion on back): I H S
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1985.642
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Heralding a Vestment Collection," September 11, 1996–January 12, 1997
Publication History
The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1985-86. p. 129 (illustration).