Chasuble
1501–1600
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; Orphrey: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, split, stem and straight stitches; couching; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen diamond twill and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk plain weave tapes
- Dimensions
- 129.6 × 69.4 cm (51 × 27 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silkliturgicalgilt-metal-wire-wrapped linentwill weavingsilk (textile)needlework (visual works)costumesatin weavingTextilecouching (embroidering)embroidering