id: 95745 accession number: 1916.1442 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1442 updated: 2022-01-04 14:38:24.510000 Chasuble, 1700s. Italy or Spain, 18th century. Embroidery; silk and metallic threads; overall: 113.6 x 75.7 cm (44 3/4 x 29 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1442 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 or Spain, 18th century technique: embroidery; silk and metallic threads department: Textiles collection: T - Ecclesiastical type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 113.6 x 75.7 cm (44 3/4 x 29 13/16 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: The chasuble’s exquisite symmetrical decoration highlights its central panel where three illusionary gold containers hold skillfully shaded fruit in pastel silk tones. Delicately curving motifs enhance the side panels along with finely stitched strawberries in so-called French knots. This liturgical chasuble and other vestments, worn over a white alb with lace, were embroidered by professional specialists, such as experts who shaded colored silks or secured gold thread, in early versions of assembly lines that were usually in secular workrooms or in convents. The church or commissioner supplied the raw materials and paid a fee for the work. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1442/1916.1442_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1442/1916.1442_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1442/1916.1442_full.tif