Chasuble Back with an Orphrey

Italian, Spanish, or Turkish; German · 15th century

Chasuble Back with an Orphrey

Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk plain weave, brocaded with gilt metal thread. Binding tape: cotton plain weave Lining: linen plain weave, glazed Orphrey Cross: linen plain weave appliqué with silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, wool, and hemp.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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