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Chasuble

Art Institute of Chicago

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Date:
1475-1500
Medium:
Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; Orphrey: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps; edged with gilt-metal strip and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, plain weaves self-patterned by main warp floats
Culture:
Italy
Dimensions:
1349 × 2067 px
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