id:			123436
accession number:	1943.66
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.66
updated:		2020-03-25 09:00:26.723000

Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern, 1415-25. Italy. Silk, polychrome velvet with cut pile; overall: 80 x 57.2 cm (31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.66

title:				Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern
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creation date:			1415-25
creation date earliest:		1415
creation date latest:		1425
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy
technique:	Silk, polychrome velvet with cut pile
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Ecclesiastical
type:		Velvet
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measurements: Overall: 80 x 57.2 cm (31 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2018-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Muskegon, Michigan, Hackley Gallery, "Masterpieces of the Weavers' Art" [Oct. 7-Nov. 3, 1957].<br>Columbus, Gallery of Fine Art, "Aspects of Late Medieval Art"  [Oct. 31-Nov. 22, 1958].<br>Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, "Raiment for the Lord's Service, A Thousand Years of Western Vestments"  [Nov. 11, 1975-Jan. 18, 1976].<br>CMA, Installed in renovated Ga. 216,  5 / 91.<br><br>Textiles installation (gallery 115): November 27 2012 - December 9, 2013.

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PROVENANCE

	Figdor Collection; von Nemes Collection
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wall description: 
Few velvets were woven in Italy with as many as
 six colors of pile, such as this front panel from a
 chasuble. The chasuble is the main sleeveless outer
 vestment worn by priests while officiating during
 Mass. The resulting weave highlights a complex
 animal pattern in which deer appear behind a fence
 and peacocks flank a fountain above—an artistic
 fashion that emerged in the 1300s. This complicated
 weaving process was gradually abandoned during
 the 1400s in favor of monochrome floral patterns
 that were often embellished with gold.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 165
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n41

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 60
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n84

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 60
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n84

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 67
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n87

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