Chasuble with Orphrey Band

· Chasuble: Late 15th century; Orphrey Band: Late 15th/early 16th century

Chasuble with Orphrey Band

Chasuble: Silk, plain weave with silk facing wefts and twill interlacings of secondary binding warps, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk facing wefts forming weft loops on cut and uncut, pile-on-pile voided velvet; Orphrey Band: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in fishbone, herringbone, satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with woven fringe

Art Institute of Chicago · CC0 1.0

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