Chasuble
1700-1799 (made)
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Chasuble of purple satin embroidered in coloured silks and silver thread, with applied silver braid and narrow silver fringe. The silver embroidery forms a symmetrical pattern of scrolls couched in different ways for a variety of textures. Naturalistic flowers, including narcissi, carnations and tulips, grow out of them with butterflies worked mostly in long and short stitch in brightly coloured silk thread. The chasuble is lined with purple silk twill.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Satin with silk and silver thread embroidery with silver braid and silver fringe, lined in silk twill |
| Brief description | Chasuble of embroidered satin, possibly Austrian, 1700-1799 |
| Physical description | Chasuble of purple satin embroidered in coloured silks and silver thread, with applied silver braid and narrow silver fringe. The silver embroidery forms a symmetrical pattern of scrolls couched in different ways for a variety of textures. Naturalistic flowers, including narcissi, carnations and tulips, grow out of them with butterflies worked mostly in long and short stitch in brightly coloured silk thread. The chasuble is lined with purple silk twill. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer |
| Historical context | This pattern could be compared with the diagrams in St Aubin's treatise on embroidery. |
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| Accession number | T.403-1976 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2006 |
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