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Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross
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Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross

Chasuble: Italy, Florence, Orphrey Cross: Bohemia or Germany · Chasuble: 15th century; Orphrey Cross: 1401/50 · Chasuble: silk and metal-wrapped thread, brocaded silk velvet with two heights of silk pile, and metal-wrapped threat boucle. Orphrey Cross: silk and metal-wrapped thread, embroidered in flat and padded couching stitches and split stitches on linen plain weave foundation.

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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silk (textile)couching (embroidering)peopletextileneedlework (visual works)liturgicalweaving - velvetlinen (material)plain weavingcirclesfruit
Credit lineChasuble Front with Orphrey Cross. Chasuble: 15th century; Orphrey Cross: 1401/50. Chasuble: Italy, Florence, Orphrey Cross: Bohemia or Germany. The Art Institute of Chicago, Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment. CC0.
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