Portion of Chasuble Back. 1575–1625. Italy. Chasuble silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; orphrey cross silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip supplementary facing wefts; embroidered in silk, gilt-metal-strips, gilt-metal-strips wrapped with gilt-metal-wire and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, couching and padded couching over bast fiber padding; edged with silk, plain weave with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk supplementary facing wefts with extended weft uncut fringe; lined with silk, plain weave

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