A chasuble of polychrome brocaded silk in red, green and gold against a dark blue ground, the orphrey of crimson velvet applied at the front with an embroidered coat of arms and the back with the Crucifixion, the Virgin Mary and St. John in roundels, God the Father above and the initial L.F. below - the silk mid-16th century, the embroidery Florentine early 16th century (worn)

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A chasuble of polychrome brocaded silk in red, green and gold against a dark blue ground, the orphrey of crimson velvet applied at the front with an embroidered coat of arms and the back with the Crucifixion, the Virgin Mary and St. John in roundels, God the Father above and the initial L.F. below - the silk mid-16th century, the embroidery Florentine early 16th century (worn)
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Literature

Dr.Durian-Ress illustrates the other side with the Coat of Arms p.90.

Lot Essay

There is a similar silk illustrated in Dupont-Auberville, Catalogue of the Collection, n.d., facing page "Type de Compartiments Ornees"

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