Chasuble back

ca. 1550

Not on view

This is a fragment: cut at the shoulders, it is the back half of a tabard-like garment worn by Catholic priests over their clothing when taking church services. The green and red strips of fabric are examples of very fine complex weave silks; intriguingly, both were woven to repeat the same pattern, but in different color schemes. On this garment, intentionally or not, the red strip shows the pattern in its correct orientation (with the crown element upright), whereas the green strips have been flipped (with the crown element upside down).

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Object Information

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Provenance

Title: Chasuble back
Date: ca. 1550
Culture: probably Italian
Medium: Silk damask
Classifications: Textiles-Woven, Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of The Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
Object Number: 2009.300.7723
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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