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Chasuble

1848-1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
A.W. Pugin (designer)
Powell, Lucy (maker)
Place of origin
Birmingham (made)

Green silk damask chasuble with embroidered bands in silver, gold and coloured silks, and two silk stoles.

Object details

Categories
Religion
Ecclesiastical Textiles
British Galleries
Clothing
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Chasuble
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Chasuble
  • Stole
  • Burse
Materials and techniques
Silk damask with applied metal and silk embroidery
Silk (Textile)
Metal Thread
Silk Thread
Embroidered
Damask Weaving
Brief description
Chasuble, stole and burse of silk damask, designed by A.W.N. Pugin, probably made by Mrs Lucy Powell, Birmingham, 1848-1850
Physical description
Green silk damask chasuble with embroidered bands in silver, gold and coloured silks, and two silk stoles.
Dimensions
  • Stole length: 3070mm
  • Stole width: 110mm
Style
Gothic Revival
Production typeUnique
Gallery label
(27/03/2003)
British Galleries:
COPE AND HOOD

A. W. N. Pugin was a Roman Catholic architect with a crusading mission to revive Gothic as the only morally right style of decoration. He designed these vestments for his own church, St Augustine's, Ramsgate, Kent. His zeal for promoting the Gothic style influenced many churches, not just those that were Roman Catholic.
Credit line
Given by St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
Object history
Registered File number 1989/1219.
Chasuble designed by Pugin as part of the vestments he designed for his own church, St Augustine's in Ramsgate. It is known that Lucy Hardman, sister of John Hardman supervised the vestment making at the Hardman's premises from 1842 to 1848. Pugin's diaries and accounts mention her frequently. It is known that the Lucy and Winefred Brown worked with Mrs Powell during the latter part of the 1840s so may also have been involved in making the vestments for Ramsgate. Following Pugin's death the church passed to the Benedictine Order who presented the vestments to the Museum in 1989.
Production
Made for St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate.

Reason For Production: Private
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.295 to B-1989

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Record createdApril 14, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224382/chasuble-aw-pugin/
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