Chasuble
1375-1425 (made)
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Chasuble of lancé lampas; ground woven in twill, pattern weft bound in twill. Design repeating every three vertical rows, of a chained hart in an enclosure, a swan with ringed neck and crown, a chasing collared dog, rayed clouds and flowers.The back of the chasuble contains a complete width of the silk (six pattern repeats), with seams just inside each outer edge (a little of the selvedge is visible on one side) and at the front of the shoulders. It is lined with blue linen.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk lampas with <i>lancé</i> metal thread |
| Brief description | woven silk lampas with metal thread, 1375-1425, Italian |
| Physical description | Chasuble of lancé lampas; ground woven in twill, pattern weft bound in twill. Design repeating every three vertical rows, of a chained hart in an enclosure, a swan with ringed neck and crown, a chasing collared dog, rayed clouds and flowers.The back of the chasuble contains a complete width of the silk (six pattern repeats), with seams just inside each outer edge (a little of the selvedge is visible on one side) and at the front of the shoulders. It is lined with blue linen. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Bock Collection. When acquired in 1863 it was described as Sicilian, but in Dr Bock's revision of 1883 he commented that it was woven in Lucca in imitation of Sicilian patterns. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Maria Ludovica Rosati, Le manifatture della seta in Italia nel Basso Medioevo: produzioni seriali al servizio del lusso, in: Fatto in Italia. Dal Medioevo al Made in Italy, Alessandra Guerrini (ed.), Milano, Silvana Editoriale, 2016, p. 62, 208. |
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| Accession number | 8711-1863 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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