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Velvet chasuble, part
Italian (Lucca?)
15th century
Medium/Technique
Silk velvet with gold-colored metallic thread
Dimensions
104.5 x 22 cm (41 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number24.395
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionCrimson velvet with a design of palmettes growing from undulating stems. The palmettes are cream-white velvet, but the stems and leaves, green velvet, and small rosettes powdered on the surface and the middle of the palmettes are tarnished silver brocade which is woven with yellow silk wound with thin strips of metal. Much worn, and pieced in the middle.