Chasuble and maniple

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This tabard-like Chasuble and matching towel-evoking Maniple, made for a Roman Catholic priest to wear while officiating church services, is in magnificent condition. Its tailor matched the bright floral of its very fine figurative woven silk to glorious effect, keeping the pattern symmetrical across panels and using glittering, gilded, woven ribbon throughout. The rich blue damask lining is also original.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art