Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Although missing the central decorative band, these two velvet panels embroidered with angels and thistles originally formed part of the back of an ecclesiastical chasuble. <br><br>The term <em>opus anglicanum</em>, or English work, refers to English embroidery dating from the 1100s through the 1500s, like this example. Made primarily in embroidery guilds in London, it was in great demand for royal and ecclesiastical garments and furnishings throughout Europe.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
144912
label
Part of a Chasuble
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
144912
contentType
object
title
Part of a Chasuble
description
Although missing the central decorative band, these two velvet panels embroidered with angels and thistles originally formed part of the back of an ecclesiastical chasuble. <br><br>The term <em>opus anglicanum</em>, or English work, refers to English embroidery dating from the 1100s through the 1500s, like this example. Made primarily in embroidery guilds in London, it was in great demand for royal and ecclesiastical garments and furnishings throughout Europe.
date
c. 1500
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79922521
genreSpecific
Embroidery
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 101 x 52.8 cm (39 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.)
cul
England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century
accession
1970.124
Source extras
tec
Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk
tombstone
Part of a Chasuble, c. 1500. England, London (embroidery) and Italy, Florence (velvet), early 16th century. Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk; overall: 101 x 52.8 cm (39 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1970.124
collection
T - Ecclesiastical
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. 1971. “The Year in Review for 1970.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58 (2): 22–71.
page_number
p. 79 no. 119, illus. p. 31
citation
“Annual Report for 1970.” 1971. <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58 (6): 162–94.
page_number
p. 174
citation
Young, Bonnie. "Opus Anglicanum." <em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 29, no. 7 (1971): 291-98. Accessed December 20, 2020.
page_number
p. 291-298
url
www.jstor.org/stable/3258645
citation
Christa Mayer-Thurman. 1973. “Recent Acquisition: An English Cope.” <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1973-1982)</em> 67 (2).
page_number
p. 4-5
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. 123
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
page_number
p. 30
citation
Staniland, Kay. <em>Embroiderers</em>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.
citation
Monnas, Lisa. 1994. "Opus Anglicanum and Renaissance Velvet: The Whalley Abbey Vestments". <em>Textile History</em>. 25:1.
page_number
p. 3-28
citation
Bergemann, Uta-Christiane. “Serial Production of Embroidered Orphreys in the Late Middle Ages.” in Wetter, Evelin, and Michael Bangert. <em>Iconography of Liturgical Textiles in the Middle Ages</em>. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2010.
page_number
p. 171-182
citation
Heard, Kate. “‘All holie companye of heaven’: Uniformity and Individuality in the Iconography of Late Medieval English Orphreys.” In Wetter, Evelin, and Michael Bangert. <em>Iconography of Liturgical Textiles in the Middle Ages</em>. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2010.
page_number
p. 155-162
citation
Browne, Clare Woodthorpe, Glyn Davies, M. A. Michael, and Michaela Zöschg. <em>English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum</em>. 2016.
citation
Michael, M. A. <em>The Age of Opus Anglicanum</em>. 2016.
creditline
Gift of The Textile Arts Club
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:26:49.552000
sourceId
144912
dept
Textiles
coll
T - Ecclesiastical
med
Silk, gold filé; appliqué, embroidery: couching stitches Velvet: solid pile, silk
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0935d90931821f93