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Chasuble Front with an Orphrey Band

15th century
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chasuble Front with an Orphrey Band
  • Date: 15th century
  • Culture: Italian, Spanish or Turkish, German
  • Medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk plain weave, brocaded with gilt metal thread.
    Binding tape: cotton plain weave
    Lining: linen plain weave, glazed
    Front Orphrey band: silk, linen, and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen
  • Dimensions: 33 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (84.1 x 54 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1851A
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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