Chalice Cover or Portion of a Burse
1675–1725
- Medium
- Silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk floss and gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in satin stitches, French knots; attached metal pailllettes; lining: silk, plain weave; backing: linen, plain weave; paper cor e in braid; bound edges
- Dimensions
- 24.5 × 23.7 cm (9 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silklinen (material)liturgicalsilk (textile)needlework (visual works)Textilepaper (fiber product)couching (embroidering)embroideringplain weaving