Chasuble
1480-1500 (made)
velvet, 1480-1500, Italian; Embroidered orphrey
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Brief description | velvet, 1480-1500, Italian; Embroidered orphrey |
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| Gallery label | BACK OF A CHASUBLE
Cloth of gold with cut-pile velvet. Split, brick and satin stitches, with couched and applied work.
The velvet: ITALIAN; about 1480-1500
The orphrey: GERMAN (Cologne); about 1480-1500
8704-1863
The cross-orphrey, depicting the Crucifixion with the symbols of the Passion, was probably embroidered in Cologne. The chasuble was formerly in Sweden, and the contemporary orphrey was added in Germany by Canon Franz Bock, from whom the Museum acquired the vestment in 1863. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8704-1863 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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