Chasuble

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

With glorious invention, the creator of this Chasuble (a tabard-like vestment worn by a Catholic priest over his clothing when leading church services) has quilted and appliquéd together shaped patches to create the illusion of an expensive and older figurative woven silk or high-end needlework. Amongst the appliquéd fabrics are woven silks including damasks, and even printed cottons. The dedicated amateur creating this has assembled a gently symmetrical, vibrant pattern, whose vivid colors are still readily appreciable.

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