vestment - chasuble

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Title

vestment - chasuble

Description

Chasuble, cream-colored satin background with multicolored gemstone decorations, red velvet decorative rosettes and borders, and needlework in gold thread. Pink lining. "13" marked on tag on inside of front neckline.

This vestment set belonged to Archbishop J.B. Lamy of Santa Fe, NM. It was given to Mother Rosine Green (1852-1933), who served as a Council member; the first post mistress; and Superior at many houses, including Las Cruces and Santa Fe, NM. The ornaments were given to the Jesuits in Paris by a lady of the Bourbons of France. Fr. Thomasine, SJ, brought the vestment to New Mexico in 1870 and donated it to the Archbishop. Embroidered, jewelled, and spangled by hand. It was relined and the jewels secured in February 1947 by Sr. Adolpha Cecil, SL (1880-1960), who was sacristan at the Motherhouse 1909-1955 and continued to make and repair vestments and altar linens. Archbishop J.A. Floersh wore the vestment when consecrating the new chapel marble altar at the Motherhouse, March 6, 1946.

Format

24" x 42"

Type

Costume

Identifier

0566a

Files

0566a(1).jpg
0566a(2).jpg

Citation

“vestment - chasuble,” Loretto Heritage Center Artifacts, accessed May 14, 2024, https://lorettoheritagecenter.omeka.net/items/show/673.