Chasuble back
With its bold pattern, rendered in shades of sage green, hot pink, gold and silver, this is a fine example of the distinctive, early eighteenth-century figurative silks which, in the nineteenth century, were given the name "bizarre". This textile was apparently originally used in a different context, but has been carefully preserved, patched and reused in this current iteration as a garment to be worn by a Roman Catholic priest, a tabard-like chasuble.
Artwork Details
- Title: Chasuble back
- Date: ca. 1705, patched and reassembled in current form ca. 1775
- Culture: Italian, Venice
- Medium: Silk and metal thread
- Dimensions: 46 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (118.1 × 72.4 cm)
- Classifications: Textiles-Woven, Textiles-Ecclesiastical
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.58.10
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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ca. 1730–35
18th century
1705–10
18th century
18th century
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