id: 95747 accession number: 1916.1443.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1443.1 updated: 2022-01-04 14:38:25.279000 Chasuble, c 1600- 1700. Italy, Genoa, 17th century. Woven polychrome silk and gilt metal threads, cut and uncut velvet; overall: 106 x 68.3 cm (41 3/4 x 26 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1443.1 title: Chasuble title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c 1600- 1700 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1700 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Italy, Genoa, 17th century technique: woven polychrome silk and gilt metal threads, cut and uncut velvet department: Textiles collection: T - Ecclesiastical type: Velvet find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 106 x 68.3 cm (41 3/4 x 26 7/8 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: This sumptuous polychrome velvet displays a central vase with abundant flora and exotic leaves flanking curving blossoming fronds on a gilt-metal thread ground. The pattern was created with five colors of cut and uncut (loops) velvet pile. Only the pile warps for the lush green velvet occur across the entire cloth, while each additional color appears in vertical stripes—crimson, peach, rose, and purple. These widely acclaimed velvets from Genoa were the most colorful woven in Europe. Both the long stole and the shorter maniple are insignia of the office of deacons, priests, and the higher clergy. The stole was worn under a chasuble according to the office and the maniple was hung on the left forearm. The burse is a stiff receptacle in which the folded corporal, a white linen cloth on which the sacred bread and chalice are placed during the Mass, is carried to and from the altar. The upper fabric matches the chasuble, the bottom is a plain silk, and the interior has an obligatory linen lining. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1443.1/1916.1443.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1443.1/1916.1443.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1443.1/1916.1443.1_full.tif