Chasuble
This chasuble– the tabard-like garment worn by a Catholic priest– embodies the nineteenth-century taste for older European historical styles, in this instance the Italian Renaissance. This machine-woven textile combines a main weft of pink with a candy-colored assortment of supplementary wefts in red, green and yellow– the latter in places embellished with a thin wrap of shiny lamella metal thread. Its pattern emulates that of a sixteenth-century silk. This vestment was clearly worn and used: the front is a patchwork of repairs, especially across the chest area.
Artwork Details
- Title: Chasuble
- Date: 19th century
- Culture: Italian, possibly
- Medium: Silk and metal thread
- Dimensions: L. 38 1/2 inches (97.8 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Woven
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
- Object Number: 16.32.325
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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