A work made of silk, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; appliquéd with gilt- and silvered-metal strips and metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips and wire coils, and metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave with extended weft uncut fringe, and bobbin straight lace; lined with silk, plain weave.

Chasuble

c. 1720

Italy, probably Turin

Italy

Silk, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave; underlaid with linen, plain weave; appliquéd with gilt- and silvered-metal strips and metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin part lace; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips and wire coils, and metal-strip-wrapped silk in laid work, couching, and padded couching; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-faced weft-ribbed plain weave with extended weft uncut fringe, and bobbin straight lace; lined with silk, plain weave

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