A chasuble of crimson silk velvet, the bronze silk and metal thread front orphrey woven in coloured silks and gilt threads with small flower sprigs, the back orphrey with an appliqué crucifix, also with two applied embroidered Stafford family coats of arms, trimmed with braid, the body Italian, 17th century, the coats of arms English, 17th century, the back orphrey 19th century

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A chasuble of crimson silk velvet, the bronze silk and metal thread front orphrey woven in coloured silks and gilt threads with small flower sprigs, the back orphrey with an appliqué crucifix, also with two applied embroidered Stafford family coats of arms, trimmed with braid, the body Italian, 17th century, the coats of arms English, 17th century, the back orphrey 19th century

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