Chasuble

ca. 1720, partially cut, patched and reshaped in the 19th Century

Not on view

This modest chasuble– the tabard-like garment worn by a Roman Catholic priest over the alb and other clothing whilst leading services in church– exemplifies middle-range eighteenth-century production. It was tailored from a mass-produced, but appealing, satin in which multiple supplementary wefts create a floral pattern in a palette of green, pink and blue against a white ground articulated by mat and glossy white silk. At some point, probably during the nineteenth century, the chasuble, doubtless exhibiting multiple signs of wear-and-tear, underwent an intensive restoration campaign, in which another machine-woven floral textile was used to patch holes around the chest area, and during which the chasuble’s front was cut to a more fashionable, fiddle-back silhouette.

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Provenance

Title: Chasuble
Date: ca. 1720, partially cut, patched and reshaped in the 19th Century
Culture: Probably French
Medium: Silk
Dimensions: L. 45 inches (114.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Bequest of Catherine D. Wentworth, 1948
Object Number: 48.187.688
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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