id:			123436
accession number:	1943.66
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.66
updated:		2025-02-09 01:01:48.174000

Six-Color Chasuble Front with Animal Pattern, 1415–25. Italy. Silk, polychrome velvet with cut pile; overall: 80 x 57.8 cm (31 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.); mounted: 86.4 x 63.5 cm (34 x 25 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 57.8 cm (31 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.); Mounted: 86.4 x 63.5 cm (34 x 25 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2012-11-14T05:00:00
	<i>Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2012-December 10, 2013).

	title:		Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2018-12-05T05:00:00
	<i>Liturgical Textiles and Manuscripts from Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy (Manuscript and Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 5, 2018-December 2, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "Masterpieces of the Weavers' Art. Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, MI (October 7-November 3, 1957).", 'opening_date': '1957-10-07T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Aspects of Late Medieval Art. Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH (October 31-November 22, 1958).', 'opening_date': '1958-10-31T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "Raiment for the Lord's Service, A Thousand Years of Western Vestments. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 11, 1975-January 18, 1976).", 'opening_date': '1975-11-11T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Gallery 216 installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 1991).', 'opening_date': '1991-05-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Figdor Collection; von Nemes Collection
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
	page number: 	p. 141, no. 222
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	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

	Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. Aspects of Late Mediaeval Art; The Mediaeval Conference, the Ohio State University. 1958.
	page number: 	no. 6
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	Bunt, Cyril G. E. Venetian Fabrics. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1959.
	page number: 	fig. 4
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	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

	Mayer-Thurman, Christa C., John Maxon, Aidan Kavanagh, Donald L. Garfield, and Horace T. Allen. <em>Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments</em>. Chicago: Art Institute, 1975.
	page number: 	p. 106, no. 28
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	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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