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Chasuble
Spanish
16th century
Object Place: Spain
Medium/Technique
Embroidery
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number48.1158
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionChasuble. Sides; a pomegrante motif surrounded by stylized leaves repeating within ornate ogival compartments of similar leaves. Red, white and yellow silk yarns highlighted by metallic yarn outlines. Orphrey; front, the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus, St. Luke, and St. Andrew. Each in a rectangular compartment, one above the other, before a similar background of stylized hillocks and foliage. Polychrome silk and metallic yarns. Many worn and missing yarns. A lead seal is affixed to the back lower left corner by a cord.