Chasuble
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This chasuble– the tabard-like garment worn by a Roman Catholic priest in church– is part of a larger set of matching vestments in The Met's collection, comprising towel-like Maniple (43.22.4b), rectangular Bourse (43.22.4c) and Stole (43.22.4d). Made out of bright, mustard yellow machine-woven moiré silk, the whole is rendered even more brilliant by central embroidered motifs executed in shiny, gold-colored thread. The overall effect quirkily combines a centuries-old tradition of ecclesiastic garments with colorful, machine-made nineteenth-century technology.
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