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Chasuble
Italian
mid-16th century
Medium/Technique
Voided silk velvet with supplementary metal (silver alloy) weft patterning, gilt metal woven ribbon
Dimensions
110 cm (43 5/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 1.10 from the shoulder to the bottom of the garment
Credit Line
Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number18.284
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite ground, woven with narrow strips of silver. The design of an ogival frame work enclosing conventional, symmetrical groups of flowers, is of red cut and uncut velvet. Trimmed with gold gimp. Lined with yellow silk.
ProvenanceLent by Horatio G. Curtis, May 2, 1914