Not currently on display at the V&A

Chasuble

1600-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three pieces of silk velvet, formerly part of a chasuble. Woven in cut and uncut green silk pile on a pink silk ground. Horizontal rows of lopped stems bearing leaves and pomegranates. The intervening spaces are filled with small leafy designs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Chasuble
  • Chasuble
  • Chasuble
Materials and techniques
Silk velvet
Brief description
Three pieces of green silk velvet, formerly part of a chasuble, Italy, 1600-1650
Physical description
Three pieces of silk velvet, formerly part of a chasuble. Woven in cut and uncut green silk pile on a pink silk ground. Horizontal rows of lopped stems bearing leaves and pomegranates. The intervening spaces are filled with small leafy designs.
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 2481/1903.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
23-1903

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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