Chasuble
CultureSpanish
Date16th century
MediumSilk, metal threads, and linen
DimensionsOverall: 50 × 29 1/2 inches (127 × 74.93 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Mildred Falk Loew
Object numberR76-1/2
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DescriptionGround fabric: solid purple silk cut velvet. Orphreys: solid red silk cut velvet with applied roundels of linen embroidered with floss silks and silver-gilt thread in lanyard-short stem and straight stitches, laid and couched work. The hands and faces are of applied tabby weave silk (backed with paper) and embroidered in straight stitches. The red velvet ground is ornamented with applied yellow, white, and mauve ribbed tabby silk with additional sefts of metal thread, and with couched silver-gilt cord.Exhibition HistoryThreads of Gold: Brocades and Embroideries for the Church, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, July 2-September 1, 1985, no. 16.
Threads of Gold: Brocades and Embroideries for the Church , exh. cat. (Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, 1985), unpaginated.
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