Caption

Chasuble, floral ornaments with flowers and leaves; columns on the back highlighted with wide gold braid; blue linen lining; 18th century, Lyon; liturgical vestment/parament; length 107 cm, width 67 cm back., A garment-shaped textile with a central panel of cream silk patterned with floral embroidery in shades of pink, red, green, purple, and yellow, bordered by narrow bands of gold trim and wider panels of pale blue silk at the sides and top; the cream sections show scalloped gold lace edging and a few areas of wear and fraying, while the pale blue fabric appears smooth with some creasing; overall the piece has a symmetrical, tapered shape with curved side seams and a rounded bottom edge, and the visible colors include cream, pale blue, gold, pink, red, green, purple, and yellow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_103

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.0Mb (6.0Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4488 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Chasuble floral ornaments flowers leaves columns back highlighted wide gold braid blue linen lining 18th century Lyon liturgical vestment parament length 107 cm width 67 cm back garment-shaped textile central panel cream silk patterned floral embroidery shades pink red green purple yellow bordered narrow bands gold trim wider panels pale blue silk sides top cream sections scalloped gold lace edging areas wear fraying pale blue fabric smooth creasing piece symmetrical tapered shape curved side seams rounded bottom edge visible colors include cream pale blue gold yellow.