1931.21: Chasuble
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.21
- People
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Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Chasuble
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- last quarter 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229078
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silk, metallic yarns (filé. lamé and frisé) and sequins
- Technique
- Embroidery
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Charles A. Coolidge, Boston, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1931
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles A. Coolidge
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.21
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- White satin ground weave with polychrome embroideries of grapes, wheat sheaves, leaves and tendrils surrounding a central orphrey panel containing a vase with wheat sheaves and a palmette, defined by gold metallic trim. Stitches include bullion, satin, whip, and padding is used to give relief to palmettes, vase and borders. Lining is salmon pink with a red border.
Verification Level
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