Chasuble Back
| Title | Chasuble Back |
|---|---|
| Artist | Italy |
| Date | 1450-1500 15th century |
| Medium | Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warp in weft-float faced 1:4 'S' twill interlacings and with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | Italy Italy |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Kate S. Buckingham Endowment |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Chasuble Back” is a work by Italy, dated 1450-1500. It is executed in silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warp in weft-float faced 1:4 's' twill interlacings and with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet and classified as textile. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to 1450-1500. Explore the wider set of works from the 15th century held in the archive.
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