Chalice Cover
1701–1725
- Medium
- Silk, warp-faced plain weave; edged in bobbin lace of metal thread; embroidered in silk floss, gold-metal-strip-wrapped on silk core (paired in twisted into cord, as well as lace) in long and short, block shading, satin, couching, knot, stem, and line stitches; "purl," spangles
- Dimensions
- 72.5 × 74 cm (28 1/4 × 29 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
spangleslace makingsilk (textile)ritual objectsmetal-strip-wrapped silkneedlework (visual works)Textilecouching (embroidering)embroideringplain weaving