About This Artwork
Chasuble, Stole, and ManipleLate 17th/early 18th century
Silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; watered (moiré); underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips, spangles, pieces, and wire, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (file and frisé), in laid work, couching, padded couching, and French knots; edged with gilt-metal-strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tapes
a: 112 x 75 cm (44 1/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
b: 209 x 23.2 cm (82 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
c: 50.7 x 22.2 cm (20 x 8 3/4 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1987.324a-c
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