Chasuble

1725–30 textile, cut and reshaped in the nineteenth century

Not on view

The design of this silk textile belongs to a stylistic group historically called "bizarre", with distinctive bold and fantastical foliage, rendered in a rich and sparkling palette- here, coral pink, green, and cream, articulated with silver thread. This silken textile was treasured enough to have been carefully repurposed one hundred or so years after it was originally woven: the silk has been cut and assembled sometime in the nineteenth century to create the current garment, a tabard-like chasuble for a priest to wear when officiating during Roman Catholic church services.

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Provenance

Title: Chasuble
Date: 1725–30 textile, cut and reshaped in the nineteenth century
Culture: Italian
Medium: Silk and metal thread
Dimensions: 42 1/3 in. × 28 in. (107.5 × 71.1 cm)
Classifications: Textiles-Woven, Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit Line: Gift of Lewis Einstein, 1952
Object Number: 52.1.10
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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