Chasuble Back with an Orphrey Cross
Object type: Chasuble back with an orphrey
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Culture: Italian or Spanish; German
Date: second half 15th century
Medium: Chasuble Back: silk 
Orphrey Cross:  linen plain weave embroidered with silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen.
Dimensions: 46 3/4 x 30 3/4 in. (118.7 x 78 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Animals|Cows|Adoration of the Magi|Annunciation|Angels|Virgin Mary