Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross

· Chasuble: 15th century; Orphrey Cross: 1401/50

Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross

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.

Art Institute of Chicago · CC0 1.0

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