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Chasuble

1390-1420 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chasuble of brocaded lampas with the pattern of birds and foliage woven with metal-wrapped and coloured silk threads on red ground. The whole surrounded with a border of woven green, blue and plain linen. Applied orphreys front and back showing groups of figures. Both orphreys are pillar-shaped, and the following subjects are represented beneath turreted canopies on a ground of a diapered gold. On the front: the meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate; the Birth of the Blessed Virgin; the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Temple. On the back: the betrothal of Joachim and Anna; Joachim and Anna at the marriage feast; their offer rejected by the high priest. The lapmas has a diagonal patter of a twisted thorn and leafy stem, and a hawk swooping upon a quail. At the bottom of the back orphrey is an embroidered fragment showing parts of canopies, cusped and crocketted, from a vestment of 14th century. The chasuble is lined with blue linen.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded silk lampas. Oprhreys embroidered in split and satin stitch and laid and couched work with silver-gilt and silver thread and coloured silks on linen.
Brief description
Chasuble, Italian lampas with a hunting theme, English orphreys; 1390-1420
Physical description
Chasuble of brocaded lampas with the pattern of birds and foliage woven with metal-wrapped and coloured silk threads on red ground. The whole surrounded with a border of woven green, blue and plain linen. Applied orphreys front and back showing groups of figures. Both orphreys are pillar-shaped, and the following subjects are represented beneath turreted canopies on a ground of a diapered gold. On the front: the meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate; the Birth of the Blessed Virgin; the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in the Temple. On the back: the betrothal of Joachim and Anna; Joachim and Anna at the marriage feast; their offer rejected by the high priest. The lapmas has a diagonal patter of a twisted thorn and leafy stem, and a hawk swooping upon a quail. At the bottom of the back orphrey is an embroidered fragment showing parts of canopies, cusped and crocketted, from a vestment of 14th century. The chasuble is lined with blue linen.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 1.6kg
  • Length: 123cm (total)
  • Width: 84.5cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Gordon Canning
Object history
From Hartpury House, near Gloucester. This is one of the five chasubles that Mrs. Gordon Canning donated to the Museum (nos. T.26-1922 to T.30-1922).
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, edited by Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente with Claire Allen-Johnstone, Thames and Hudson Ltd. in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021, p. 147
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Accession number
T.27-1922

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Record createdJanuary 23, 2008
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