Chasuble
1450-75 (made), 1500-1599 (made)
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Spanish shaped chasuble of red silk velvet with green selvedges and applied orphreys of linen canvas embroidered with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt thread in split, brick, long and short and stem stitches, partially padded with laid and couched work. The shaped neck piece, the panels with shields at the bases of the orphreys and the triple cord gold edging are Spanish additions.
The Cross orphrey depicts the centurion, Longinus, holding an inscribed scroll, Christ crucified with mourning angels and God the Father with the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove.
The front orphrey, from bottom to top, depicts Mary Magdalene with a jar, John the Baptist with a cup and a female saint with a basket, similar in design to the figure of Mary Magdalene.
The shield of arms on the Spanish additions (visible only on the Cross orphrey): quarterly 1-4 vert, three fleurs-de-lis argent, 1 and 2, 2-3 gules a tree, eradicated proper for Sobrarbe Aragon.
The neck piece is decorated with a foliate scroll in coloured silks on a ground of laid gold threads. The chasuble is lined in linen.
The Cross orphrey depicts the centurion, Longinus, holding an inscribed scroll, Christ crucified with mourning angels and God the Father with the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove.
The front orphrey, from bottom to top, depicts Mary Magdalene with a jar, John the Baptist with a cup and a female saint with a basket, similar in design to the figure of Mary Magdalene.
The shield of arms on the Spanish additions (visible only on the Cross orphrey): quarterly 1-4 vert, three fleurs-de-lis argent, 1 and 2, 2-3 gules a tree, eradicated proper for Sobrarbe Aragon.
The neck piece is decorated with a foliate scroll in coloured silks on a ground of laid gold threads. The chasuble is lined in linen.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk velvet, applied linen canvas, embroidered with silk, silver-gilt and gold thread, laid and couched work, gold cord edging, partially padded, lined with linen |
| Brief description | Chasuble of silk velvet with embroidered linen canvas orphreys, England, 1450-75 (orphreys); Spain, 16th century (body) |
| Physical description | Spanish shaped chasuble of red silk velvet with green selvedges and applied orphreys of linen canvas embroidered with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt thread in split, brick, long and short and stem stitches, partially padded with laid and couched work. The shaped neck piece, the panels with shields at the bases of the orphreys and the triple cord gold edging are Spanish additions. The Cross orphrey depicts the centurion, Longinus, holding an inscribed scroll, Christ crucified with mourning angels and God the Father with the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove. The front orphrey, from bottom to top, depicts Mary Magdalene with a jar, John the Baptist with a cup and a female saint with a basket, similar in design to the figure of Mary Magdalene. The shield of arms on the Spanish additions (visible only on the Cross orphrey): quarterly 1-4 vert, three fleurs-de-lis argent, 1 and 2, 2-3 gules a tree, eradicated proper for Sobrarbe Aragon. The neck piece is decorated with a foliate scroll in coloured silks on a ground of laid gold threads. The chasuble is lined in linen. |
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| Object history | The associated cope T.46-1914 was donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Sir Charles and Lady Florence Waldstein in memory of Lady Waldstein's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Einstein, 'whose great collection of textiles and needlework was deservedly famous'. The donors gifted one dalmatic from the same set of vestments to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge in 1914 (accession no. T.1-1914) and the other dalmatic, also from the same set, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1915 (accession number 15.141c). At the time, they decided to retain this chasuble. Sir Charles Waldstein (1856 – 1927), known as Sir Charles Walston from 1918 to 1927, was an Anglo-American archaeologist. In 1880, he became university lecturer on classical archaeology at Cambridge University, and in 1883 university reader. From 1883 to 1889 he was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Provenance: Tassinari and Chatel (silk manufacturer), Lyon, before 1877; Mr and Mrs D. L. Einstein; the Waldstein family by descent; purchased by the V&A at Christie’s, London, 1978 |
| Associated object | T.46-1914 (Set) |
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| Accession number | T.82-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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