A crimson velvet chasuble, with applied yellow, green and cream painted satin outlined with couched cord worked with urns, shields and medallion with the letters IHS surrounded by strapwork, the front with a monogram MA, Italian or Spanish, 17th century; and a chasuble of olive green double pile velvet, the orphreys embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads with saints, probably Spanish, 16th century (2)

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A crimson velvet chasuble, with applied yellow, green and cream painted satin outlined with couched cord worked with urns, shields and medallion with the letters IHS surrounded by strapwork, the front with a monogram MA, Italian or Spanish, 17th century; and a chasuble of olive green double pile velvet, the orphreys embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads with saints, probably Spanish, 16th century (2)

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