CHASUBLE

Description: 1. CHASUBLE - BEIGE WITH RED AND BRONZE COLORED TRIM. GARMENT IS OVAL SHAPE AND FOLDS IN HALF TO BE WORN LIKE A PONCHO. NYLON FABRIC IS BEIGE WITH WOVEN MULTIPLE PATTERN OF GERMAN CROSSES INSIDE DIAMOND SHAPES WITH LAURELS AND FLOWERS AROUND IT. HOLE IN MIDDLE HAS FLY OPENING WITH SNAP CLOSURE. HAS ROUND COLLAR WITH RED AND BRONZE COLORED EDGING WITH GEOMETRIC PATTERNS ON IT. CHASUBLE HAS FABRIC CROSS WITH ARMS IN "Y" SHAPE ON FRONT AND BACK. CROSS IS MADE FROM 8CM WIDE NYLON BAND WITH GERMAN CROSSES AND STONE PAVEMENT PATTERN IN RED, BLACK AND BRONZE COLORS. AT CENTER OF FRONT IS OVAL CREST WITH CHI-RHO AND ALPHA AND OMEGA IN BRONZE COLORED STITCHING. CHASUBLE HAS MODERATE AMOUNT OF RUST STAINS. 2. STOLE - STOLE IS 9.5CM X 260CM IN SIZE AND IS NARROW AT MIDDLE AND TAPERS WIDER AT ENDS. FABRIC IS BEIGE AND SAME PATTERN AS CHASUBLE. STOLE HAS DEEP RED NYLON LINING AND COTTON LACE COLLAR ALONG MIDDLE. STOLE HAS GOLD COLORED NYLON TASSELS AT ENDS WITH RED, BLACK AND BRONZE BORDER. ALSO HAS THREE CROSSES SEWN TO IT IN SAME MATERIAL AS BORDER, ONE ON EACH END AND ONE IN MIDDLE.

History: CHASUBLE AND STOLE WERE REMOVED FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.