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A work made of silk, weft-rib plain weave; embroidered in silk threads, gilt strip wound around a silk core, silk chenille threads, creped silk and metal coils in french knots, satin, outline and cross stitches, laid work, couching and paper padded couching; braid: silk and gilt strip wound around a silk core, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, plain weave; glazed.

Chasuble

18th century

Central Europe

Central Europe

Silk, weft-rib plain weave; embroidered in silk threads, gilt strip wound around a silk core, silk chenille threads, creped silk and metal coils in French knots, satin, outline and cross stitches, laid work, couching and paper padded couching; braid: silk and gilt strip wound around a silk core, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, plain weave; glazed

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