Art Institute of Chicago

Chasuble, Stole, and Maniple

Unrecorded artist

Late 17th/early 18th century

Attribution

France or Italy

Medium

Silk, warp-faced, weft-ribbed plain weave; watered (moiré); underlaid with linen, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal strips, spangles, pieces, and wire, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk (file and frisé), in laid work, couching, padded couching, and French knots; edged with gilt-metal-strips and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin-made tapes

Physical dimensions

a: 112 × 75 cm (44 1/8 × 29 1/2 in.); b: 209 × 23.2 cm (82 1/4 × 9 1/8 in.); c: 50.7 × 22.2 cm (20 × 8 3/4 in.)

Credit line

Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment