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Chasuble Frontearly 16th century

Not on view
Crimson velvet textile fragment with symmetrical woven pattern of gold and sage green rosette medallions, ogival leaf forms, and curving vine branches
Title
Chasuble Front
Place Made
Italy, Venice
Date Made
early 16th century
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet on metallic ground
Dimensions
Length (Length): 28 in. (71.12 cm) Width varies from: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm) Width varies from: 8 in. (20.32 cm) mount: 33 × 21 × 2 in. (83.82 × 53.34 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Los Angeles County Fund
Accession Number
55.57.25
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Velvets East and West: From the 14th to the 20th Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966.