Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross

Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross

Chasuble: 15th century; Orphrey Cross: 1401/50 · Florence

Chasuble: silk and metal-wrapped thread, brocaded silk velvet with two heights of silk pile, and metal-wrapped threat boucle. Orphrey Cross: silk and metal-wrapped thread, embroidered in flat and padded couching…

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment

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