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Ornament in European silks (1899)

Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London : Debenham and Freebody · leaf 87

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SARACENIC, SPANISH, SICILIAN, AND ITALIAN of the orphrey of an ecclesiastical vestment. The subject is the Assump- tion of the Virgin, woven in repetitions according to the required length … t Kj. 53. Portions of two orphreys joined together, of crimson silk and gold tliread damask, with repetitions of the Assumption of tlie Virgin. Venetian. i6th century. 27 in. l)y 15 in. of the orphrey. The outline delineation of the figures, etc., is in the style 67

Silk · Embroidery, European · Decoration and ornament

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