Embroidered Orphrey on Velvet Chasuble

early 15th century

Bohemian, present-day Czech Republic , Artist Italian , Artist

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About the Artwork

Title Embroidered Orphrey on Velvet Chasuble

Artwork Date early 15th century

Makers (Artist) Czech Republic (Artist) Italian

Medium Silk velvet ground with appliqué of silk and gilt-wrapped silk thread embroidered on linen plain weave

Dimensions Overall: 43 3/4 × 25 inches (111.1 × 63.5 cm)

Classification Costumes

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Green

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 46.1

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before 1914, (Adolph Loewi, Venice, Italy);
by late 1920s, sold to Jules S. Bache (New York, New York, USA);
April 19-23, 1945, Jules S. Bache Public Auction (Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, New York, New York, USA), lot 362;
until January 1946, (Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles, California, USA);
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Green (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Sales cat., Kende Galleries. New York, April 19-20, 1945, no. 362.

Weibel, A.C. "A Late Medieval Chasuble Cross," Art Quarterly IX (1946): pp. 144-152.

Textile Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA, checklist no. 23.

Barnet, P. Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Insitute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 1991, no. 4, p. 18.

Wetter, E. "Arbor vitae and Corpus Christi." In Z. Opacic, ed., Prague and Bohemia. Medieval Art, Architecture and Cultural Exchange in Central Europe (Leeds 2009): pp. 202-203; p. 212, note 212; p. 203, fig. 3 (ill.); pp. 199-214.

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Bohemian, present-day Czech Republic; Italian; German, Embroidered Orphrey on Velvet Chasuble, early 15th century, silk velvet ground with appliqué of silk and gilt-wrapped silk thread embroidered on linen plain weave. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. Green, 46.1.