1927.194: Chasuble
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1927.194
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Chasuble
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 16th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/214851
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silk and metallic gilt yarns on linen plain weave support
- Technique
- Embroidery
- Dimensions
- 127 x 63.5 cm (50 x 25 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Mrs. Robert H. Monks, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1927
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Monks
- Accession Year
- 1927
- Object Number
- 1927.194
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Crimson cut velvet (pieced) chasuble with embroidered orphrey panels in silk and metallic yarns with couched stitching and appliqués, depicting on the front: a bishop saint and a deacon martyr in niches with turrets; on the back: a virgin martyr saint, a bishop saint, and a deacon saint. Bishop saints have applied fabric cloaks and deacons apparels. Edged in woven gold metallic braid (added later?).
Verification Level
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