Chasuble

Unknown

1740–60 · Silk · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This tabard-like chasuble would have been worn by a Roman Catholic priest over his alb gown when officiating at church services. The boldly colored silk is an interesting example of cheaper production: to keep costs down, the silken threads of the brocaded elements, which define the figurative pattern of flowers and urns, were as thin as possible. As a result, many have been lost through abrasion, especially on the front of the chasuble.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1740–60

Medium

Silk

Culture

Spanish

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Francis F. Randolph, J. Ogden Bulkley, and David T. Bulkley, 1944