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Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross
Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross by Chasuble: Florence, Italy Orphrey Cross: Bohemia or Germany, 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.)
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Accession number
- 1980.615
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