Chasuble Back
1450-1500
Medium
Silk, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound by main warp in weft-float faced 1:4 'S' twill interlacings and with two-color supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Dimensions
123.4 × 65.8 cm (48 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.); Repeat: 88.4 × 30.8 cm (34 3/4 × 12 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
50890
About the Artist
Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...