Caption

Chasuble, origin unknown, 2nd half of the 18th century, France. Light plum background with white, green, and cherry-red floral and plant ornaments—floral bouquets, flowers, and leaves—trimmed with silver lace; blue cotton lining. Liturgical vestment church/chapel furnishing, length 104 cm, width 62 cm back., A tall, rectangular textile panel with a pointed top, shown against a pale background, featuring a pink base with vertical ribbed texture and patterned stripes; the surface has ornate floral motifs in shades of white, yellow, green, and bright pink, arranged in flowing curved bands and clustered bouquets; there are several narrow vertical borders of metallic trim in a silvery-gold tone running down the length and framing the edges, with additional scalloped metallic edging in pale gold and silvery-blue along the outer perimeter; the overall palette includes pink, white, yellow, green, bright pink, silvery-gold, and pale blue.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_434

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (6.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chasuble origin unknown 2nd half 18th century France Light plum background white green cherry-red floral plant ornaments floral bouquets flowers leaves trimmed silver lace blue cotton lining Liturgical vestment church chapel furnishing length 104 cm width 62 cm back tall rectangular textile panel pointed top shown pale background featuring pink base vertical ribbed texture patterned stripes surface ornate floral motifs shades yellow bright pink arranged flowing curved bands clustered bouquets several narrow vertical borders metallic trim silvery-gold tone running down length framing edges additional scalloped metallic edging pale gold silvery-blue outer perimeter palette includes pink silvery-gold pale blue.