About This Artwork
Chasuble1740/50
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin and split stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; lined with silk, plain weave; underlining with linen, plain weave; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin lace
108.3 x 66.5 cm (42 5/8 x 26 1/8 in.)
Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment, 1982.201
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Vestments and Liturgical Textiles from the Permanent Collection," July 27–October 9, 1983
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