Chalice veil, silk-colored velvet. Wide ( 7-10cms) edge band of silver lace and applied embroidered (split stitch) varicolored floral motifs. Tassels at each of four corners. White linen (soiled) lining. 53x 52 cms
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Spain
Verbatim coll. place:
Spain
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Metal and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chalice veils
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)