Chasuble

probably Italian

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This tabard-like priest's garment upheld a tradition of liturgical clothing worn throughout western Europe for centuries, but here brought disconcertingly into the late nineteenth century due to the garish colors achieved with its synthetic dyes and the strongly-contoured patterns of industrialized machine-weaving.

Chasuble, Silk, metallic, probably Italian

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