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Source Description
This rare chasuble decorated with angels, musicians, pomegranates, and flowers represents Sacred and Profane Love. This is indicated by two figures—a clear-sighted figure embracing a blindfolded figure—standing on a globe in the upper center and also by the musicians. The angels play soft-sounding instruments (harpsichords, harps, viole da barccio, and flutes) while earthy figures play loud instruments (tambours and hunting horns). The chasuble was most likely part of a liturgical set commissioned for a wedding. This entire chasuble is embroidered with silk and metal thread laid over linen and stitched in place. The exceptionally fine workmanship, lavish use of gold and silver, and brilliant silk thread create this sumptuous vestment.
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Document identity
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146039
label
Chasuble
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
146039
contentType
object
title
Chasuble
description
This rare chasuble decorated with angels, musicians, pomegranates, and flowers represents Sacred and Profane Love. This is indicated by two figures—a clear-sighted figure embracing a blindfolded figure—standing on a globe in the upper center and also by the musicians. The angels play soft-sounding instruments (harpsichords, harps, viole da barccio, and flutes) while earthy figures play loud instruments (tambours and hunting horns). The chasuble was most likely part of a liturgical set commissioned for a wedding. This entire chasuble is embroidered with silk and metal thread laid over linen and stitched in place. The exceptionally fine workmanship, lavish use of gold and silver, and brilliant silk thread create this sumptuous vestment.
date
1675–99
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79924088
genreSpecific
Embroidery
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 116.9 x 78.1 cm (46 x 30 3/4 in.)
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Germany, Bavaria, last quarter of 17th century
accession
1971.235
Source extras
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Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery
tombstone
Chasuble, 1675–99. Germany, Bavaria, last quarter of 17th century. Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery; overall: 116.9 x 78.1 cm (46 x 30 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1971.235
collection
T - Ecclesiastical
citations
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. "Love's a Good Musician." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 10 (1973).
page_number
p. 283-91
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25152502.
citation
Mayer-Thurman, Christa C., John Maxon, Aidan Kavanagh, Donald L. Garfield, and Horace T. Allen. <em>Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments</em>. Chicago: Art Institute, 1975.
page_number
p. 186-7, no. 78, illus
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 165
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:29:32.212000
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146039
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Textiles
coll
T - Ecclesiastical
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Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery
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