Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross

Chasuble: Italy, Florence Orphrey Cross: Bohemia or Germany

Date

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

Medium

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.

Dimensions

Chasuble: 126.6 × 70.5 cm (49 7/8 × 27 3/4 in.); Orphrey Cross: 112 × 57.7 cm (44 × 22 3/4 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment