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Two border strips for a liturgical vestment Dark...

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Two border strips for a liturgical vestment Dark red silk velvet, appliqué embroidery in silver lantern with a yellow (?) soul, red and white silk fringe border. Finest embroidery of a staggered Renaissance fountain motif with symmetrical leafy vines and grotesques. Probably originally for a chasuble or dalmatic. Framed behind glass, h 127.5 resp. 125, w 29.5 cm. Spain, 16th century. Expertise Appraised by Danièle Véron-Denise. Literature Cf. Durian-Ress, Textiles Collection Bernheimer Paraments 15th - 19th century, Munich 1991, no. 62.