id: 95743 accession number: 1916.1440 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1440 updated: 2023-08-23 18:07:55.477000 Chasuble, 1700s. Italy, 18th century. Embroidery; silk and metallic threads; overall: 104.8 x 66.6 cm (41 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1440 title: Chasuble title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Italy, 18th century technique: embroidery; silk and metallic threads department: Textiles collection: T - Ecclesiastical type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 104.8 x 66.6 cm (41 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Opulent Fashion in the Church opening date: 2016-09-19T04:00:00 Opulent Fashion in the Church. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19, 2016-October 2, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Sheaves of wheat and bunches of grapes, symbols of the bread and wine of the Mass, are embroidered with silver-metal thread amid scrolling leaves on the green silk-damask ground of this chasuble. Liturgical colors—white, red, green, and black, purple, or blue—mandated by Pope Innocent III in the late 1100s were widely ignored by the 1700s, replaced primarily by a lavish use of gold, silver, and pastel silk thread embroidered on white silk fabrics. Long matching stoles were worn under chasubles in styles that identified deacons, priests, and bishops. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1440/1916.1440_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1440/1916.1440_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1440/1916.1440_full.tif