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A FRENCH CHASUBLE OF PURPLE VELVET
Second half of 19th Century
The orphrey embroidered in gold coloured, ivory, grey and self coloured wools with silk highlights with scrolling acanthus leaves and stylised flowers around a cross, with matching veil, bourse and stole
a purple chasuble, the back appliqu with the "Lamb of God" in silver metal purl, the halo embroidered with gilt coloured sequins, with matching stole; and a veil and maniple;
a purple damask chasuble, late 19th Century, French, woven with lobed medallions enclosing 'Tudor' style roses, the applied orphrey panels of self-coloured satin embroidered in floss silks in shades of yellow and gold with scrolling fruiting vines and stylised roses, the centre back embroidered with 'IHS', with matching stole; and a similar maniple, veil and two bourses

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