Two fine chasubles one of Venetian pile on pile velvet, the other of early Gothic voided pomegranate velvet, the orphreys of red velvet and gold shot with silver - early 16th century, the orphreys probably Florentine but possibly Spanish (worn)

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Two fine chasubles one of Venetian pile on pile velvet, the other of early Gothic voided pomegranate velvet, the orphreys of red velvet and gold shot with silver - early 16th century, the orphreys probably Florentine but possibly Spanish (worn)
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The velvet used for the orphreys is reminiscent of the dress in Bronzino's portrait of Eleanor of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I di Medici, in the Uffici, Florence

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