Chasuble Back with Embroidered Orphrey Band (Q60763345)
Label from: English (en)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used:
cut pile (Q64160809)
velvet (Q243519)
silk (Q37681)
gold thread (Q29586582)
silver thread (Q29586589)
fabrication method:
embroidery (Q18281)
instance of:
embroidery (Q18281)
catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.85
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: The chasuble is the main sleeveless outer vestment worn by priests while officiating during Mass. By the 1400s, the chasuble became highly ornamented with embroidered decorative bands called orphreys, often in the shape of a cross, as seen here. This luxurious Italian example features velvet of three colors with lush pile. In Graz, Austria, it was embellished with a locally embroidered orphrey featuring crowns, haloes, and backgrounds of scenes formed with gold thread. The Virgin and Child, and Saints Catherine, Dorothy, Ursula, and Barbara are featured.
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