Chasuble Back with an Orphrey Cross

Unknown Artist

second half 15th century

Chasuble Back with an Orphrey Cross by Unknown Artist

Medium

Chasuble Back: silk Orphrey Cross: linen plain weave embroidered with silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen.

Dimensions

46 3/4 x 30 3/4 in. (118.7 x 78 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Ecclesiastical

Culture

Italian or Spanish; German

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.1898

Tags

Adoration of the MagiAnnunciationAnimalsCowsAngelsVirgin Mary

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