Embroidered Y-shaped chasuble pretext with a depiction of Christ on the cross, surrounded by a stylized plant ornament. Predominant colors: gold, blue, green, and white. Embroidery on silk fabric plain weave with gold metal thread and colored silk threads. Gold cross, surrounded by gold, green, and blue branches. The body of Christ embroidered with white threads that have almost completely fallen out. Metal thread embroidery: laid, held with silk yarn. Silk embroidery stitches: Cologne, split, flat. 16th century, Poland. Fabrics. Length 103 cm, width 46 cm., Iconography: Christ Crucified; function: liturgical vestment church paraments, sacred art; motifs: flowers, leaves, plant ornaments., A long, vertically oriented beige fabric piece with a textured weave is laid flat against a pale lavender-gray background; the fabric widens near the top into a cross-like shape with squared horizontal extensions and a central upward tab, while the lower portion narrows into a long rectangular tail, ...
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Embroidered Y-shaped chasuble pretext with a depiction of Christ on the cross, surrounded by a stylized plant ornament. Predominant colors: gold, blue, green, and white. Embroidery on silk fabric plain weave with gold metal thread and colored silk threads. Gold cross, surrounded by gold, green, and blue branches. The body of Christ embroidered with white threads that have almost completely fallen out. Metal thread embroidery: laid, held with silk yarn. Silk embroidery stitches: Cologne, split, flat. 16th century, Poland. Fabrics. Length 103 cm, width 46 cm., Iconography: Christ Crucified; function: liturgical vestment church paraments, sacred art; motifs: flowers, leaves, plant ornaments., A long, vertically oriented beige fabric piece with a textured weave is laid flat against a pale lavender-gray background; the fabric widens near the top into a cross-like shape with squared horizontal extensions and a central upward tab, while the lower portion narrows into a long rectangular tail, and a small stitched detail is visible near the lower edge.

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Embroidered Y-shaped chasuble pretext depiction Christ cross surrounded stylized plant ornament Predominant colors gold blue green white Embroidery silk fabric plain weave gold metal thread colored silk threads Gold cross blue branches body Christ embroidered white threads almost completely fallen Metal thread embroidery laid held silk yarn Silk embroidery stitches Cologne split flat 16th century Poland Fabrics Length 103 cm width 46 cm Iconography Christ Crucified function liturgical vestment church paraments sacred art motifs flowers leaves plant ornaments long vertically oriented beige fabric piece textured weave laid flat pale lavender-gray background fabric widens near top cross- shape squared horizontal extensions central upward tab lower portion narrows long rectangular tail small stitched detail visible near lower edge.

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