Lot 515
515
A magnificent chasuble in two halves, embroidered with parrots amidst scrolling flowers on a crimson silk ground, the orphreys worked in a similar fashion on a smaller scale on an ivory ground - Southern Italy, possibly Sicilian, last third 17th century, silk ground worn
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A magnificent chasuble in two halves, embroidered with parrots amidst scrolling flowers on a crimson silk ground, the orphreys worked in a similar fashion on a smaller scale on an ivory ground - Southern Italy, possibly Sicilian, last third 17th century, silk ground worn

Details
A magnificent chasuble in two halves, embroidered with parrots amidst scrolling flowers on a crimson silk ground, the orphreys worked in a similar fashion on a smaller scale on an ivory ground - Southern Italy, possibly Sicilian, last third 17th century, silk ground worn
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Provenance
Lot 98 in Bernheimer Sale, Christie's South Kensington, 11 June 1996
Literature
'Textilien der Sammlung Bernheimer', Saskia Durian-Ress, München 1991, cat.98, p.222, back illustrated p.223
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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