Chasuble

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Chasuble

Place

Italy (Object made in)

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Made 1710–1730

Medium

Silk, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; appliquéd with gilt- and silvered-metal strips and metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips and wire coils, and metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave with extended weft uncut fringe, and bobbin straight lace; lined with silk, plain weave

Dimensions

100.4 × 68.6 cm (41 × 27 in.)

Credit Line

Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment

Reference Number

1997.633

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