Portion of Chasuble Back

Title	Portion of Chasuble Back
Artist	Italy
Date	Late 16th/early 17th century
Medium	Chasuble: silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; orphrey cross: silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal-strips, gilt-metal-strips wrapped with gilt-metal-wire and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, couching and padded couching over bast fiber padding; edged with silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts with extended weft uncut fringe; lined with silk, plain weave
Classification	textile
Origin	Italy

Themes: Botanical illustration

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“Portion of Chasuble Back” is a work by Italy, dated Late 16th/early 17th century. It is executed in chasuble: silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; orphrey cross: silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal-strips, gilt-metal-strips wrapped with gilt-metal-wire and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, couching and padded couching over bast fiber padding; edged with silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts with extended weft uncut fringe; lined with silk, plain weave and classified as textile. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration tradition. 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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