Chasuble Back with an Orphrey
Object type: Chasuble back with an orphrey
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Culture: Italian, Spanish, or Turkish; German
Date: 15th century
Medium: Silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk plain weave, brocaded with gilt metal thread.
Binding tape: cotton plain weave
Lining: linen plain weave, glazed
Orphrey Cross:  linen plain weave appliqué with silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped linen, wool, and hemp.

Dimensions: 38 1/2 x 24 3/4 (97.8 x 62.9 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Crucifixion|Christ