Chasuble

Museum number:
7-7303
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070007303
Alternate number:
3021 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.178 and Acc.3032
Description:
Chasuble. Materials: coarse linen, silk thread, metal-wrapped yarn, and metal strips. Plain weave, embroidered, mainly couching. Applique braid trim. Colors: Natural linen with faded vari-colored embroidery, light brown lining. Dimensions: Back: width 27 3/4 inches length (neck-hem) 43 3/8 inches Front: Width 24 1/2 inches Length("to") 32 3/4 inches. Worn in spots, embroidery faded.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Max Uhle
Collection place:
Germany
Verbatim coll. place:
Germany
Culture or time period:
German
Materials:
Linen (material)
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:
1905 and 1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1987-1988 #1: Saint Mary’s College of California (July 10, 1987–September 29, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Chasuble, accession number 7-7303, described as Chasuble. Materials: coarse linen, silk thread, metal-wrapped yarn, and metal strips. Plain weave, embroidered, mainly couching. Applique braid trim. Colors: Natural linen with faded vari-colored embroidery, light brown lining. Dimensions: Back: width 27 3/4 inches length (neck-hem) 43 3/8 inches Front: Width 24 1/2 inches Length("to") 32 3/4 inches. Worn in spots, embroidery faded.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chasuble, accession number 7-7303, described as Chasuble. Materials: coarse linen, silk thread, metal-wrapped yarn, and metal strips. Plain weave, embroidered, mainly couching. Applique braid trim. Colors: Natural linen with faded vari-colored embroidery, light brown lining. Dimensions: Back: width 27 3/4 inches length (neck-hem) 43 3/8 inches Front: Width 24 1/2 inches Length("to") 32 3/4 inches. Worn in spots, embroidery faded.

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