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Panel, probably from a chasuble

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Ivory-coloured silk ground with liseré (self) pattern of diapering. Symmetical pattern of branching leaves from which sprout flowers and extend garlands in polychrome silk yarns. Brocaded with metallic yarns (filé and silver lancé).
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts [Blackborne New York] sold; to Hervey E. Wetzel (1888-1919) Boston 1915 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1919. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Hervey E. Wetzel
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Title: Panel, probably from a chasuble
Description:
Ivory-coloured silk ground with liseré (self) pattern of diapering.
Symmetical pattern of branching leaves from which sprout flowers and extend garlands in polychrome silk yarns.
Brocaded with metallic yarns (filé and silver lancé).

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