Chasuble; silk; cut pile; orange ground; metal-wrapped yearns; embroidered tinsel net bands; silver and varicolored floral motifs; brown linen lining; a) 31 inches long, 23 inch sleeve; b) 32 inches long
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Italy
Culture or time period:
Italian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Linen (material), Metal, Silk, and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chasubles (liturgical vestments)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1987-1988 #1: Saint Mary’s College of California (July 10, 1987–September 29, 1987)