Chasuble, mid-17th century, Italian, probably Venice, Plain-weave silk, brocaded, Neck to hem: L. 47 x W. 30 1/2 inches (119.4 x 77.5 cm), Textiles-Woven, This Italian-woven silk exemplifies the conspicuous adaptation of a foreign design in a European-made fabric. The colorful stylized tulips and carnations arranged in rows of alternating diagonals imitate the more elegantly stylized floral silks and velvets of Safavid Iran
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Chasuble, mid-17th century, Italian, Venice, Plain-weave silk, brocaded, Neck, hem, L, 47 x W, 30 1/2 inches, 119.4 77.5 cm, Textiles-Woven, Italian-woven, silk, exemplifies, conspicuous adaptation, foreign design, European, fabric, colorful stylized, tulips, carnations arranged, rows, alternating diagonals, imitate, elegantly, floral, silks, velvets, Safavid Iran
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