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Chasuble back

15th century
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueSilk, silver, gilt silver yarn, velvet
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number50.658
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDr. Albert Figdor (b. 1843 - d. 1927), Vienna; June 11-13, 1930, posthumous Figdor sale, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, lot 58, sold for M 65,000 to Adolfo Loewi, Venice; sold by Loewi to Baron Thyssen, Lugano; sold by Thyssen to Henri Heilbronner (dealer), Lucerne; sold by Heilbronner to Adolph (Adolfo) Loewi, Los Angeles; 1950, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $3600. (Accession Date: April 13, 1950)