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Lot 1603 Dα

A chasuble with a Cologne crucifixion embroidery

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 17:30 - Decorative Arts - Furniture
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.930 € (incl. premium)
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A chasuble with a Cologne crucifixion embroidery

Dark blue silk velvet, silk and linen mix, gold leaf embroidered over with silk threads, white silk appliques and linen. Inscribed "ihesus", "ecce agn dei" and "maria" in blue silk between depictions of the lamb of God (the lower image severely worn) and the instruments of the Passion. The reverse with a crucifixion scene with Mary and St. John above an Anna Selbdritt. Some wear to the front. H 113, W 78 cm.
The velvet presumably Italian, 15th C., the appliques Cologne, late 15th C.

Literature

Cf. Durian-Ress, Textilien Sammlung Bernheimer. Paramente 15.-19. Jh., Munich 1991, cat. No. 13 ff.

Cf. cat. L'art en broderie au moyen âge. Autour des collections du musée de Cluny, Paris 2019, cat. no. 73.

Cf. Mayer Thurman, The Robert Lehman Collection XIV European Textiles, New York 2001, cat. No. 36, a chasuble with almost identical appliqué.

Cf. Sporbeck, Museum Schnütgen. Die liturgischen Gewänder. 11. bis 19. Jahrhundert, Cologne 2001, cat. no. 31, a chasuble with the same crucifixion, and cat. no. 33, another chasuble with almost identical appliqué.

See also the two Cologne chasubles auctioned in Lempertz Cologne Auction 1174 on 4 June 2021, lot 1465.