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Fragment of a Chasuble

mid-15th century
Not on view
This fragment of a chasuble (a liturgical garment used in the celebration of the Mass), together with another fragment in the Lehman Collection (1975.1.1878A) are of a dark red silk cut voided velvet, patterned in an allover straight vertical repeat of a five-lobed shape filled with a stylized plant with buds projecting into the lobes. Above the top lobe a smaller version of the plant grows from a branch with a curling cluster of berries and adouble knotting device. Additional stylized plants reminiscent of pomegranates fill the voids between the pattern repeats.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fragment of a Chasuble
  • Date: mid-15th century
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: Silk
  • Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (67.3 x 45 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1878B
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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