About This Artwork

Italy, Florence

Fragment from a Chasuble, Mid-16th century

Silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts and supplementary pile warps forming cut and uncut voided velvet
75.1 x 23.7 cm (29 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.)
Warp repeat: .7 cm (5/16 in.)
Restricted gift of The Evanston Community Associates and the Barrington Community Associates in honor of Christa C. Mayer Thurman, 1978.101

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, The Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Renaissance Velvets and Silks," December 18, 2002–April 13, 2003

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Sumptuous Velvets from the Permanent Collection," March 1–June 1, 1980