Chasuble

1425-1475 · Italy

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided pile-on-pile velvet; orphrey: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, padded satin, and…

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Mrs. Honoré Palmer

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