Embroidered Chasuble

Object: Religious artefact
Exact Date: 1480-1530
 

Description: A pre-Reformation English embroidered Chasuble, the front having an orphrey worked with gold thread and coloured silks representing St. Matthew, St. Andrew and a nobleman. The reverse side having a similar orphrey, or embroidered Cross, representing The Almighty, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Lucy, St. Eustace and a nobleman. The whole embroidered on contemporary Italian silk velvet in shades of green. 

Acc. No: 330
Item No: 325
Subject Type: Vestment
Object Type: Clothing
Location: Robing Room
Mediums / Material: Linen
Measurements Metric: 107cm L x 53cm W
Measurements Imperial: 42"L x 21" W
 

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