Chasuble Back with an Orphrey

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk plain weave, brocaded with gilt metal thread. Binding tape: cotton plain weave Lining: linen plain weave, glazed Orphrey Cross: linen plain weave appliqué with silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, wool, and hemp.

Dimensions

38 1/2 x 24 3/4 (97.8 x 62.9 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Ecclesiastical

Culture

Italian, Spanish, or Turkish; German

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1851B

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