Chasuble with Orphrey Bands
1601–1700
- Medium
- Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with gilt-metal strip facing wefts and brocading wefts; orphrey bands: silk, plain weave with gilt-metal strip facing wefts; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and cotton in satin, split, raised stem, and stem stitches; couching; edged with woven fringe
- Dimensions
- 120.5 × 63.2 cm (47 1/2 × 24 7/8 in.); Repeat: 15.4 × 7 cm (6 1/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cottongilt-metal-strip-wrapped silkliturgicalfringebrocadingritual objectsneedlework (visual works)Textilecouching (embroidering)embroidering