Chasuble

French

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This tabard-like garment would have been worn as part of a set of liturgical vestments by a Roman Catholic priest whilst leading Christian church services. It is made out of a sturdy, mass-produced fabric created on a Jacquard loom, whose punch-card reading technology allowed complex patterns to be machine-woven, the pride of French technical innovation. Its pattern is boldly articulated with red and orange lilies against a forest-green background. The exaggerated tear-drop shape of its front is very typical of nineteenth-century taste.

Chasuble, Silk, gilt metal, bast, French

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