Orphrey woven with figurative repeat design of seraphim with Virgin and Child and reversed IHS Christogram in glories

Italian, possibly Lucca

Not on view

Although this object resembles the reverse of a chasuble- the tabard-like garment worn by a Catholic priest during church services- this is a modern composite of a central fragmentary orphrey strip (33.39.5) and two lengths of lampas silk (33.39.4a, .4b), assembled soon after the three elements entered The Met's collection in 1933. Most likely not originally part of the same garment, it is probable that the side panels, on the one hand, and the orphrey strip, on the other, were all intended for and used as elements within two different chasubles, long ago dismembered.

Orphrey woven with figurative repeat design of seraphim with Virgin and Child and reversed IHS Christogram in glories, Silk and linen, Italian, possibly Lucca

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33.39.5 Orphrey

Orphrey woven with figurative repeat design of seraphim with Virgin and Child and reversed IHS Christogram in glories, Silk and linen, Italian, possibly Lucca
Orphrey woven with figurative repeat design of seraphim with Virgin and Child and reversed IHS Christogram in glories, Silk and linen, Italian, possibly Lucca

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