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Chasuble

1500-1525 (made)
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Place of origin

Chasuble of dark blue velvet (now much worn and faded), with embroidery in coloured silks and silver-gilt and silver thread, partly worked on linen and afterwards applied. The embroidery consists of floral devices, arranged in straight or radiating lines to suit the shape of a cope, from which this chasuble has been cut. There is a cross-shaped orphrey on the back and a straight orphrey down the front outlined with reddish silk braid, and filled with large floral devices of artichoke and fleur-de-lys pattern.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk velvet, embroidered in coloured silk, silver-gilt and silver thread and spangles; partly worked on linen and afterwards applied
Brief description
Chasuble, silk velvet, embroidered in coloured silk, silver-gilt and silver thread and spangles; partly worked on linen and afterwards applied, England, 1500-25
Physical description
Chasuble of dark blue velvet (now much worn and faded), with embroidery in coloured silks and silver-gilt and silver thread, partly worked on linen and afterwards applied. The embroidery consists of floral devices, arranged in straight or radiating lines to suit the shape of a cope, from which this chasuble has been cut. There is a cross-shaped orphrey on the back and a straight orphrey down the front outlined with reddish silk braid, and filled with large floral devices of artichoke and fleur-de-lys pattern.
Dimensions
  • Back length: 46in
  • Max. width: 29.75in
  • Weight: 1.34kg
Object history
Acquired from Mrs Alice Hedley, 8 Mansfield Street, Cavendish Square, W. along with 695-1902, 696-1902 and 698-1902, two chasubles of similar date and a maniple, all for £50. The recommendation from Keeper Kendrick for the Council for Art at a meeting held on 23 June 1902 stated: 'These 3 chasubles, the property of Mrs Hedley, came from Hexham; they have not been in use for 20 years. The black chasuble appears to have been made from a pall, and the blue and red ones, as is very usual, from copes. They are all of English needlework; early 16th century'. (A. Kendrick's Report, 21/06/1902, RP. 87187/1902)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
696-1902

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Record createdNovember 28, 2006
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