Chasuble - with two orphrey band

Textile and Costume Collection

Accession Nr.: 52.3539.1
Date of production:
second half of the 18th cent.
Place of production: France; Venice
Materials: pillow (bobbin) lace; silk fabric
Dimensions:
height: 97,5 cm
width: 78 cm
The colonna is light-blue chisele velvet on a base scattered with small points there are three small flowers and a larger one, with inversely bending stems, row by row. Similar textiles can be found in several European collections: Prato, Museo del Tessuto (Italian 18th century), Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln (French or Italian, third quarter of 18th century). The textile of the chasuble is cream-coloured silk with a rich, naturalistic pattern: on a vertically waving stem, brocaded with golden frise, lobed leaves, a garland of ripe pomegranates, framed with small flowers and berries. The dalmatic was made of the same textile its colonna and a strip on its sleeves are made of blue velvet. The cuts and the borders are trimmed with pillow lace of gilt metal thread. The lining is dark blue linen.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 1.27. (Tompos Lilla)