Chasuble second quarter 18th century Indian, Coromandel Coast and Central European, for European market This chasuble is constructed from a most unusual textile, from which two distinct designs were taken to create the front and back of the vestment. The back of the garment, shown here, was made from a portion of the fabric with a pattern of repeating mound-shaped motifs enclosed in an ogival frame linked by floral sprays; the front uses a pattern of red diamond-shaped motifs resting on a blue band, which once appeared on each side of the repeating-mound pattern. A departure from most of the dyed cloths made for export on Indias Coromandel Coast, this textile finds its closest visual parallel in a group of European brocaded silks now referred to as "lace-patterned." These eighteenth-century textiles are characterized by the use of large-scale motifs, especially streamers and floral sprays, which are set against delicate, lacelike diaper patterning and floral vines. Although these silk