About This Artwork
Chasuble16th century
Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; Orphrey: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, split, stem and straight stitches; couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen diamond twill and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk plain weave tapes
129.6 x 69.4 cm (51 x 27 1/4 in.)
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson, 1911.326
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Ownership History
Purchased from dealer L. Bernheimer, Munich, May 1911. (see Receipt Dept. of Textiles Ryerson Donor file)