European Textiles

Semi-Gothic Chasuble

• Circa 1900 - 1910



Spectacular semi-Gothic chasuble, stole, purse and chalice veil, circa 1900 - 1910, crimson silk damask with deer drawing at the foot of a cross after a famous gothic fabric of Lucca woven in replica by the Henry factory in Lyon in particular. Fine gold thread embroidery of stylized lily flowers surmounted by a cross in seedling; orfrois with naturalist lilies and floral and foliated tracery.

Essay:
Rosângela Aparecida da Conceição
QUEMADMODUM DESIDERAT CERVUS, the Psalm 42 (41): artistic interpretations & imagery. Rosangela-Aparecida-BDT.pdf

"In the 19th century canon Franz Bock from the German city of Aachen (also known as Aix-la-Chapelle) carefully collected sections of antique and medieval luxury textiles as models for his homemade silk manufacture. From the garbs from Brandenburg Cathedral’s collection he also took material and embroidery patterns. Later he sold his collection to newly opened arts and crafts museums throughout Europe. Consequently, parts of the Brandenburg garbs can today be found in Paris, London, Vienna, Berlin and Karlsruhe"