Fragment of a Chasuble Orphrey Cross Band (1000s): Art, History and Details

Fragment of a Chasuble Orphrey Cross Band (1000s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This fragment shows four small gold birds outlined in white and enclosed in a compartment formed by a white band decorated with small diamonds in gold. White lines with squares at the end containing small gold diamonds project from the band at intervals. Along the top and bottom of the piece is a guilloche band. Interlaced lines are gold with salmon outlines on gold ground.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment of a Chasuble Orphrey Cross Band
• Date: 1000s
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Textile
• Technique: Silk and gold metallic thread: tablet weave
• Dimensions: Overall: 16.5 x 17.1 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1931.444

Collection credit

Gift of Dr. C. S. Reber

Further reading listed by the museum

• Witte, Fritz. Die liturgischen Gewänder und kirchlichen Stickereien des Schnütgenmuseums Köln. Berlin: Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1926.
• Capitani d'Arzago, Alberto de, and Ferdinando Reggiori. Antichi tessuti della Basilica Ambrosiana. Milano: "L'Arte", 1941.
• Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York: E. Weyhe, 1944.

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