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Chasuble
Probably Italian
late 17th–early 18th century
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk; embroidery
Dimensions
68 x 104 cm (26 3/4 x 40 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Galen L. Stone
Accession Number35.18
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: cream white silk (fine warp, heavy weft). Design: large conventionalized flowers and leaves on curving stems, birds, and rococo ornament (on the front a small monstrance, on the back a crowned saint holding a cross in one hand, a castle or church in the other) worked in satin stitch with pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and black silk, and with couched gold and silver thread. Silk ground worn and cracked. Linen backing through which embroidery is worked visible. Pink silk lining worn, eaten, and stained.