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Velvet Chasuble with Embroidered Decoration
England (embroidery) and Italy (velvet), 1500-1520
Embroidery: silk, gold thread, and sequins on velvet gold thread couched with silk on linen ground, or nué (shaded gold)
Velvet: solid pile silk
48-1/4 x 29-1/2 inches
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Walter C. and Alvin W. Littwitz in memory of their father, Max Littwitz, 1947.2