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Chasuble back
late 19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Chasuble back with embroidery in colored silks and metal thread on gold-colored buratto net in a design of curving stems with conventionalized flowers and leaves. Embroidery is arranged in three panels by two strips of gold trim in a lozenge design. Bordered with silver lace. Lined with pink silk plain cloth.
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Details
- Title: Chasuble back
- Date Created: late 19th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, gold thread Technique: stem and satin stitch embroidery; lined with plain weave
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