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A CHASUBLE OF CRIMSON VELVET
LATE 15TH/16TH CENTURY, ITALIAN
The velvet voided to reveal a self-coloured ground and worked with a pattern of feather plumes and anemones enclosed within a lattice of feathers, the orphreys of crimson velvet voided to reveal a "cloth of gold" ground with looped thread detailing, worked with a pattern of artichokes, pomegranates and foliage, backed
LATE 15TH/16TH CENTURY, ITALIAN
The velvet voided to reveal a self-coloured ground and worked with a pattern of feather plumes and anemones enclosed within a lattice of feathers, the orphreys of crimson velvet voided to reveal a "cloth of gold" ground with looped thread detailing, worked with a pattern of artichokes, pomegranates and foliage, backed