Chalice Cover

Artwork Details

Date

18th century

Medium

Silk, warp-faced plain weave; same lining; edged with bobbin lace of metal thread; embroidered in silk floss, gold metal strip wrapped on silk core—used singly and as 2-ply twist, metal strip; stitches: long and short, couching, stem, knot, herring-bone (threaded with metal strip) couching in brick and other patterns

Culture

Italy

Public Domain

Yes

Museum Record

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